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A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.

A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.

Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.

A field of grass with a row of poplar trees and a pair of white boxer shorts floating against a yellow sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

A grass (Arundo arenaria) with an associated insect and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Common meadow grass (Poa pratensis): seedhead and leafy stems. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.

Crested hair grass (Koeleria cristata) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.

Quaking grass (Briza media): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.

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The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) / foreword by George Taylor.

Meadow foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis): seedhead, leafy stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1805.

Cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata): flowering stem, leaves, roots and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.

Alpine rice grass (Ehrharta colensoi Hook f.): plant with floral segments. Lithograph, c. 1880, after J. Buchanan.

The boxed initials of three of the Passe family and two plants: a Paspalum grass and Passerina species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1821.