A. Asplenium Ruta-muraria, B. A. germanicum, C. A. septentrionale

London: Henry Bradbury/Bradbury & Evans, 1855. unbound. Botanical print. Nature-printed copper engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 21.5" x 14.25".<br/> <br/> This botanical print comes from Moore's series of ferns, which is regarded as one of the best examples of Victorian era nature-printing. Wildly popular at the time of its production, the image owes its exquisite delicacy to a nature-printing method called electrolysis, in which the actual plant was pressed into lead to make an imprint which was then transferred to a copper plate. This process allowed the most minute details and venations of leaves to be recorded, as this lovely image demonstrates. Featured here are wall-rue and spleenwort. This print is in good condition, with stains on the right and bottom edges and minor scattered foxing. "Plate XLI" printed in top right, "Nature Printing" in bottom left.<BR> <BR> Thomas Moore (1821--1887) was a British botanist who served as Curator of the Society of Apothecaries Garden for much of his life. His "Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland" was one of the first of the genre printed in England and is considered one of the finest examples of nature-printing ever produced. Please visit our gallery for more examples of Moore's beautiful work.<br/> <br/>