> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 452](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068694) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4525-1) LSID 4525-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36701522) QID Q36701522 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Johnstone, William Grosart (died c. 1860), British algologist. **Abbreviated name**: *Johnstone* \[standard form in IPNI: *Johnstone*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LTR|LTR]](?). *Ref*.: Kent, D. H., Brit, herbaria, London 1957. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 260; BB p. 169; BM 2: 939; CSP 8: 31; Desmond p. 349; IH 2: 326; Jackson p. 242; Kew 3: 182; NI 1002; Plesch p. 283; PR 4460; Sotheby 403; TL-2/see Croall. - Trail, Scott. Naturalist ser. 2. 2: 150. 1886. #### Note Trail (1886), in his obituary of Croall: "The "British Sea Weeds" was nominally the joint production of W. G. Johnstone and Alexander Croall, but I have reason to know that nearly the whole of the work devolved on Croall, while the remuneration went to Johnstone, who died, or in some other way conveniently vanished before accounts were squared between them." ### Publications ##### n.3383. The nature-printed British sea-weeds **Title** *The nature-printed British sea-weeds*: a history, accompanied by figures and dissections, of the algae of the British Isles by William Grosart Johnstone... and Alexander Croall... nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. London (Bradbury and Evans,...) 1859-1860, 4 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat.-print. Brit, sea-weeds*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Alexander Croall (1809-1885). *1*: 2 Jul 1859 (t.p. undated p. i: 31 Mai 1859; see Lit. Gaz. – 2 Jul 1859), p. \[i, iii\], front., \[v\]-xv, \[I\]-188, *pl. 1-22, 22 bis, 23-42, 42a, 43-58, 59a, 59b, 59c, 60-66.* *2*: Dec 1859 (scheduled for 31 Aug; rescheduled for 30 Nov 1859), front., p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-203, *pl. 67-69, 69b, 70, 70b, 70c, 71-91, 91b, 92a, 92b, 93-129.* *3*: 1860 (t.p.), p. \[i\], front., \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-200, *pl. 130-143, 143a, 144-182.* *4*: Jun-Dec 1860 (t.p., p. viii: 31 Mai 1860), p. \[i\], front., \[iii\]-xiv, \[1, cont.\], \[1\]-324, *pl. 183-206, 206b, 207, 1* add. pl., *1* pl. gloss. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA. – In all 221 (12 double nos., 2 unnumbered) nature prints by Henry Bradbury in color, 1 uncol., in copper intaglio (Copies vary slightly in the number of extra plates. The list above is that of the USDA Copy). The four titles are steel engravings by John Leighton for which four different algae were used as centre pieces. – An octavo edition was also announced by the publishers. – The USDA Copy has all title-pages undated. *Ref*.: Fischer, Gutenberg Jahrb. 1933: 211 (no. 88). - Wheldon and Wesley, Catalogue 139, 1977, no. 41.