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Thomas Hennell : the land and the mind / Jessica Kilburn.
Kilburn, JessicaDate: [2021]- Pictures
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Three plants, an anenome, a mercury and a crocus: entire flowering plants. Colour nature print, c. 1860.
Date: [c. 1860]Reference: 23662i- Books
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The english physician enlarged with three hundred and sixty-nine medicines, made of English herbs, that were not in any impression until this. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation, containing a complete Method of Physic whereby a Man may preserve his Body in Health, or cure himself, being Sick, for Three-Pence Charge, with such Things only as grow in England, they being most sit for English Bodies. Herein is also shewed, These seven things, viz. 1. The Way of making Plaistere Ointments, Oils, Poultices, Syrups, Decoctions, Juleps, or Waters of all Sorts, or Physical Herbs, that you may have them ready for your Use at all times of the Year-2. What Planet governeth every Herb or Tree (used in Physic) that groweth in England. 3. The Time of gathering all Herbs, both Vulgarly and Astrologically. - 4. The Way of drying and keeping the Herbs all the Year. -5. The Way of keeping their Juice ready for Use at all Times-6. The Way of making and keeping all kinds of Useful Compounds made of Herbs-7. The Way of mixing Medicines according to the Cause and Mixture of the Disease and Part of the Body afflicted. By Nich. Culpepper. Gent. Student in Physic and Astrology.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.Date: 1799- Pictures
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Parasitic fungi (Nyctalis species) growing on decayed Russula fungi. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1889.
Baker, R., active 1898.Date: 1889Reference: 21650i- Pictures
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Forty five simple plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
Date: 14 July 1799Reference: 25561i- Pictures
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Fifty eight simple plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
Date: 25 June 1799Reference: 25560i- Books
Mixed blessings from a Cambridge union / Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu.
Anionwu, Elizabeth N., 1947-Date: 2016- Pictures
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A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.
Date: 21 January 1815Reference: 25524i- Pictures
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A fern frond, possibly of the male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas). Colour nature print, c. 1860.
Date: [c. 1860]Reference: 23663i- Pictures
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Marsh ludwigia plant (Ludwigia palustris): flowering stem with roots. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24478i- Pictures
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Cornish moneywort or pennywort plant (Sibthorpia europaea): flowering and leafy stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24394i- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of pictures, selected From the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, and other Schools. Consisting of The Works of the following Masters: Correggio, Primaticcio, Annibale Carracci, Michael Angelo da Carravaggio, Domenichino, Guido, Guercino, Francesco Mola, Bolognese, Carlo Cignani, Carlo Maratti, Cavalier Calabrese, Luca Giordano, Solimeni, Paolo da Matei, Rubens, Vandyke, Nicolas and Gaspar Poussin, Bourdon, Le Brun, De la Hire, Boullougne, Coypel, Jouvenet, Le Moin, Vanloo, Restout, &c. - The whole collected abroad, By Robert Strange. To be sold by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall-Mall, on Thursday, the 20th of February, and the two following Days. To be viewed on Tuesday the 18th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin at 12 O'Clock.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1772]- Archives and manuscripts
Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum; Sidrach, De la vertu des pierres précieuses et des herbes
Date: Early 14th centuryReference: MS.457- Books
Dreams from my mother / Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu.
Anionwu, Elizabeth N., 1947-Date: 2021- Pictures
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A fuchsia (Fuchsia species): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: [1870]Reference: 26140i- Pictures
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Three ornamental yellow flowers, including a French marigold (Tagetes patula). Coloured lithograph, c. 1843.
Date: [1843-1844]Reference: 24648i- Pictures
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A dahlia (Dahlia species): flower and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: [1870]Reference: 26138i- Pictures
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A double-flowered geranium (Geranium species) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
Briscoe, H.Date: [1870]Reference: 26143i- Pictures
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A Lobelia plant (Lobelia urens): flowering and leafy stems. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24382i- Pictures
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Field scabious plant (Knautia arvensis): flowering and fruiting stem. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24386i- Books
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The genuine tryal of Admiral Byng, on board the St. George in Portsmouth Harbour; for an enquiry into his conduct while he commanded the Fleet in the Mediterranean, and particularly in the engagement on the 20th of May 1756, off Minorca. With the admiral's defence and sentence of death, as pronounced by the President of the court-martial. And also, An Account of his Behaviour after Sentence was passed upon him, and at the Time of Execution. - With some Account of his Family, and the brave Actions done by his Father, Lord Viscount Torrington, Rear Admiral of Great-Britain. To which are added, the most perfect account of the whole siege, noble defence and surrender of St. Philip's Fort, in the island of Minorca, by the brave General Blakeney, that has yet been Published;-With a Description of the Island, and its great Importance and Loss to Great-Britain.
Byng, John, 1704-1757.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
The lonely Londoners / Sam Selvon ; with an introduction by Nasta Susheila.
Selvon, SamuelDate: 2021- Pictures
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Tea plant (Camellia sinensis): flowering stem with sectioned leaf and many floral segments. Coloured engraving by J. Miller, c. 1771.
Miller, John, 1715-1790?Date: 10 December 1771Reference: 24552i- Pictures
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Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24416i- Pictures
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A clover (Trifolium ochroleucum): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24411i