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1. Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants / by William Gardiner.

Twenty lessons on British mosses, or, First steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants / by William Gardiner.
Creator:
Gardiner, William, 1809?-1852
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
46 p. : samples ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children / by Rev. W. Houghton ... ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.

Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children / by Rev. W. Houghton ... ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.
Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
vi, 154 p.,, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Photogram of ferns.

Photogram of ferns.
Date:
1860s?
Physical Description:
1 photograph : albumen print, photogram ; 33 x 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Novel and interesting exhibition of fancy shell-work!.

Novel and interesting exhibition of fancy shell-work!.
Creator:
Le Lacheur, Madame, active 1845
Date:
[1845]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 23 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Instructions for collecting and preserving various subjects of natural history, as animals, birds, reptiles, shells, corals plants, &c : together with a treatise on the management of insects in their several states / selected from the best authorities by E. Donovan., F.L.S. author of the Natural histories of British birds, fishes, insects, &c.

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Creator:
Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768–1837
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[4], 86 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c. / by John Mawe, Honorary Member of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, &c. &c. author of Travels through the gold and diamond district of Brasil, Treatise on diamonds and precious stones, Descriptive catalogue, &c.

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Creator:
Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 108, iii, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Time's telescope for 1829, or, A complete guide to the almanack : containing an explanation of saints' days and holidays : with illustrations of British history and antiquities, existing and obsolete rites and customs, sketches of comparative chronology, and contemporary biography : astronomical occurrences in every month, comprising remarks on the phenomena of the celestial bodies : and the naturalist's diary, explaining the various appearances in the animal and vegetable kingdoms : with numerous engravings on wood, from drawings by eminent artists : published annually.

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Date:
1829 [i.e., 1828]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [2], 428 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Complete collection of the British ferns and their allies in the English Lake District / collected and arranged by J. Flintoft.

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Creator:
Flintoft, J. (James)
Date:
ca. 1860]
Physical Description:
[37] leaves : all samples ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Country walks of a naturalist with his children / by W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S., Rector of Preston on the Wild Moors, Shropshire ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and numerous wood engravings.

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Creator:
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Date:
MDCCCLXIX [1869]
Physical Description:
vi, 154 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. New cyclopædia of botany and complete book of herbs : forms a history and description of all plants, British or foreign.

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Creator:
Brook, Richard, fl. 1847
Date:
[1860?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The calendar of the months, or, The young naturalist abroad / by the Rev. J.G. Wood, M.A. ; with numerous illustrations.

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Creator:
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827–1889
Date:
1873
Physical Description:
[2], x, 182 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : explaining the easiest methods of discriminating minerals, and the earthy substances commonly called rocks, which compose the primitive, secondary, floetz or flat, and alluvial formations : to which is added, a description of the lapidaries' apparatus, &c. : with engravings and coloured plate / by J. Mawe, author of the New descriptive catalogue of minerals, &c., &c.

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Creator:
Mawe, John, 1764–1829
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
viii, 78, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A printmakers' flora : an anthology of the names of British wild flowers illustrated by twenty-one printmakers.

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Date:
1996
Physical Description:
[100] leaves : ill. ; 35 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The fern garden, how to make, keep, and enjoy it, or, Fern culture made easy / by Shirley Hibberd ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and forty wood engravings.

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Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
vi, 148, [6] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The marine botanist : an introduction to the study of the British sea-weeds : containing descriptions of all the species, and the best method of preserving them / by Isabella Gifford.

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Creator:
Gifford, Isabella
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
xl, 357 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Researches about atmospheric phaenomena / by Thomas Forster ...

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Creator:
Forster, T. (Thomas), 1789–1860
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
xiv [i.e. xvi], 442 [i.e. 448] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The journal of a naturalist.

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Creator:
Knapp, J. L. (John Leonard), 1767–1845
Date:
MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
xii, 403, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A system of theoretical and practical chemistry : in two volumes, with plates / by Fredrick Accum, teacher of practical chemistry, pharmacy, and mineralogy, and chemical operator in the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Researches about atmospheric phaenomena / by Thomas Forster, F.L.S.

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Creator:
Forster, T. (Thomas), 1789–1860
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xvi, 271, [1] p., [1], V leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Lucanus cervus, male x 3 1/2 / H.C.W.

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Creator:
H. C. W.
Date:
1936
Physical Description:
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 25 x 19 cm, mounted on sheet 37 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. British butterflies : figures and descriptions of every native species : with an account of butterfly development, structure, habits, localities, mode of capture and preservation, etc. / by W.S. Coleman ; with illustrations by the author ; printed in colours by Edmund Evan.

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Creator:
Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829–1904
Date:
1867
Physical Description:
vii, 179 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts