The broad, broad ocean and some of its inhabitants
A children's natural history book on the ocean and its marine life, written by William Jones and published in London by Frederick Warne and Co. in 1871. The single picture is a sparse pen-and-ink sketch of a small branching plant with leaves and a bud, set against a large empty cream page, so it reads more as a decorative vignette than a full scene. A designer could take its loose, hand-drawn linework and generous margins as a model for light botanical filler or chapter-opening ornament.
