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(PHOTO-MICROGRAPHS--PALAEO BOTANY) Album entitled Palaeo Botanycontaining approximately 121 abstract micro-photographs of plants and cell structures. With numerous beautiful close-up images showing the intricacies and natural patterns found in the complex cells of Ptreridophyta, Thalophyta, and Algae. Silver prints, the images measuring 1 1/2x2 to 3x4 inches (3.8x5.1 to 7.6x10.2 cm.), mounted recto/verso to brown pages, each page with a general heading, and annotations, in ink, identifying the various species and cell structures. Oblong 4to, printed wrappers with a handwritten title; tied binding. Circa 1930
The album was acquired from a larger collection of photographs by Harold Bastin, a renowned English scholar who published multiple titles on plant and insect life. The album is believed to have been compiled by him.
