AUTHOR: Dillwyn, Lewis Weston (1778-1855) TITLE: British confervae; or coloured figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva, by Lewis Weston Dillwyn. IMPRINT: London: W. Phillips [1802]-09. COLLATION: 87, [210 ] p.: 116 co. pl.; 26 cm. NOTES: “First and only edition. The plates numbered 1-109 & A-G are printed in colours and partly finished by hand. Dillwyn was a naturalist, procelain manufacturer and country magistrate. ‘Many of the descriptions were based on several specimens and these may be located in different institutions. See dixon (1966) for a discussion’ (Stafleu & Cowan I, p. 657) His “Cambrian Pottery”at Swansea became celebrated around 1814 for the true and spirited paintings on it of butterflies, flowers, birds, and shells.” — Antiquariaat Junk catalogue no. 270 “Lewis Dillwyn was a naturalist, a porcelain manufacturer and many of the descriptions were based on several specimens and these were located in several institutions. His ‘Cambrian pottery’ at Swansea became celebrated around 1814 for the true and spirited paintings on it of butterflies, flowers, birds and shells.” — Dieter Schierenberg, catalogue 76 REFERENCES: Nissen BBI, 493; Stafleu and Cowan, 1473. KEYWORDS: 1. Algae--Great Britain. LOCATION: QK573.D55 1809