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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Shells and seaweed
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
A Victorian volume of seaweed and algae specimens gathered by an unidentified collector from the southern coast of England. The twelve specimens are mounted on cards and then on pages bound into the volume. The specimens are carefully pressed and labeled with their Latin names and where they were found, including the Isle of Wight, Devon, and Cornwall. The volume is contemporary half calf over pebbled cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover.
mssHM 84127
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Manuscripts
A collection of sixty-eight seaweed, algae, and bryozoan samples, many of which have culinary uses; the majority of the samples are labeled with both common English names and Latin names. The majority of the samples were collected along the English coast, but two samples have a given location of "Point de Galles" in Sri Lanka. Each sample is attached to the paper with tiny stitches of thread; the leaves are loose and housed in a contemporary green cloth drop-sided box. The box also contains a poem on the recto of one folded leaf about the beauty of seaweed. The seaweed samples are extremely fragile and must be handled with care.
mssHM 84138