Polycystins

Priscilla Susan Bury (1799-1872), who published under her married name, is most famous for her work A Selection of Hexandrian Plants. Although she is well-known in the world of the botany of living plants, her work on polycystins is relatively obscure despite its importance. Concerned with fossil Radiolaria, it was one of the earliest photographically illustrated books ever published; rather than having her drawings reproduced in print, she instead had them photographed and included these images with the text. Published in parts by subscription, its subscribers included John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum. This second edition includes an additional plate that was absent from the first edition.