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Mosses from the Pacific : San Diego California U.S.A. : manuscript
Creator
Title
Mosses from the Pacific : San Diego California U.S.A. : manuscript / Gathered and pressed by Mrs. N. McKie.
Production
San Diego, California, 1899.
Physical Description
1 volume (12 leaves)
Language
English; Latin
Notes
Title from front cover.
Presentation inscription on first page: "Mrs. Elizabeth Bannerman with compliments of her cousins, Mr. & Mrs. N. McKie. San Diego, California, May 5th, 1899".
Binding: green paper wrappers, tied with cream silk ribbon.
In English and Latin.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Elizabeth Bannerman. Purchased from Amanda Hall Rare Books on the George Henry Nettleton Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Mrs. N. McKie (active approximately 1899) collected marine plants in the San Diego area of California. Specimens she collected are also held by the San Diego Society of Natural History.
Summary
Album containing 13 pressed specimens of marine algae collected by Mrs. N. McKie in San Diego, California in 1899. Each specimen has a caption with its Latin name.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2021
References
Mrs. N. McKie, Mosses from the Pacific. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Mrs. N. McKie, Mosses from the Pacific. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Albums (books)
Herbaria (documents)
Plant specimens.
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