The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
- The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
"The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland" was a book published in 1855 that featured 51 plates of nature printing by Henry Bradbury.
Description
The text was a scientific description of all the varieties of Ferns found in the British Isles. The author of this work was the botanist Thomas Moore, the editor was John Lindley.
The book was released at a time of so-called "pteridomania" in Britain. [cite paper | first = Peter D. A. | last = Boyd | authorlink = | title = Pteridomania - the Victorian passion for ferns | version = Revised: web version | publisher = Antique Collecting 28, 6, 9-12. | date = 2002-01-02 | url = http://www.peterboyd.com/pteridomania.htm | format = | id = | accessdate = 2007-10-02 ] Along with William Grosart Johnstone's "The Nature-Printed British Seaweeds" (London, 1859-1860), the book featured Bradbury's innovative nature printing process. The publisher of the work was Bradbury and Evans. Bradbury patented the process after seeing the invention of Alois Auer - a subsequent dispute arose as to its originator.
Despite a high level of interest for a time, the technique was not employed extensively in any subsequent English works. Bradbury, along with Auer, believed the technique to be an enormous advance in printing. However, the plants and other subjects that could be successfully printed in this way were few. Ferns were one of the few plants with a form that could be replicated, the shape of the fronds being largely two dimensional.
In this work the ferns, a plant highly suited to the process, were impressed upon soft lead plates. These were electroplated to become the printing plate, the details of the fronds and stem were hand-coloured at this stage. The resulting image was in two colours and provided a highly detailed and realistic depiction of the species.
ee also
*Pteridomania
References
*cite web | url = http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/newacqspecial2.html | title = 50 Books Plus Two | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | author = Stanley Ellis Cushing | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2001 | work = : A Special Collections Report | publisher = Boston Athenæum | quote = The elegant tracery patterns of ferns were widely admired in Victorian Britain.
ee also
* List of Irish botanical illustrators
* List of Irish plant collectors
External links
*Online copy of the title at [http://www.botanicus.org/title/b11976913 Botanicus]
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