Byron, Georgina Lucy, 1809-1891, Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs, August 1829-October 1831
- Title(s):
- Album of pressed plant and flower specimens, with additional souvenirs.
- Published/Created:
- France ; Switzerland, August 1829-October 1831.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (46 leaves) ; 15 x 24 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQK61 .B97 1829 FlatYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16720358
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Bound in green boards, backed in green calf.
The album includes hundreds of plant specimens collected during travels in France in Switzerland, 1829-1831. Each mounted specimen is accompanied by a note on the place and date it was harvested. Interspersed with the plant specimens are approximately twenty fragments taken from tourist or cultural attractions, such as a small piece of wallpaper "from the bed-room where Napoleon slept on his way from Elba to Paris, l'Hotel des Cinq Mineurs, Joigny."
The identity of the compiler is not recorded, but she may be Georgina Lucy Byron, based on the album's references to members of the Brassey and Byron families. - Subject Terms:
- Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.Pressed flower pictures.Wild flowers -- Collection and preservation -- Europe.
- Form/Genre:
- Herbaria.
Albums.
Botanical illustrations.
Souvenirs. - Export:
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