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Eight British wild flowers, including wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca), cinquefoils (Potentilla species) and water avens (Geum rivale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Four British wild flowers, including whitlow grass (Erophila species) and scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Four British wild flowers, including marsh and purple helleborines (Epipactis species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Six British wild flowers, four types of bedstraw (Galium species), squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica) and levant (Rubia peregrina). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Three British wild flowers, including kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) and milk vetch (Astragalus hypoglottis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Three British wild flowers, including dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) and meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Five British wild flowers, three Corydalis species, and two similar fumitory species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

A history of the art of printing : from its invention to its wide-spread development in the middle of the 16th century preceded by a short account of the origin of the alphabet and the successive methods of recording events and multiplying ms. books before the invention of printing / by H. Noel Humphreys ; with one hundred illustrations produced in photo-lithography by Day & Son, Limited, under the direction of the author.

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Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879

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Three British wild flowers, including kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) and milk vetch (Astragalus hypoglottis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Four British wild flowers, two violets and two species of heart's ease. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Eight British wild flowers, including wild carrot (Daucus carota), bur parsley (Caucalis) and hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.