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Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802

The botanic garden

MDCCXCI [1791]

Penn, Granville, 1761–1844

Conversations on geology

1828

Henland, Cecil

The ghosts of my friends

[approximately 1920]

Roberts, David, 1796–1864

Antiquities of Scotland in a series of etchings

1831

London Association for the Blind

[Advertisement for household items made by blind workers]

[approximately 1930]

Pellow, T.

T. Pellow's price current of teas, coffees, and general groceries, Italian and proprietary goods

[approximately 1880]

Ladies and Gentlemen!

[approximately 195-?]

Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems

MDCCIX [1709]

Dubourg, Matthew

Views of the remains of ancient buildings in Rome and its vicinity

1820

Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783–1848

Specimens of ancient furniture drawn from existing authorities

1836

Chinese landskips

[ca. 1752?]

Overton, John, 1640–1708?

[Composite world atlas]

[1686?]

Hill, George, Lord, 1801–1879

Facts from Gweedore

1845 [i.e. 1846]

W. Mole (Birmingham, England)

W. Mole, 24 Paradise Street, Birmingham

[1850?]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male, with Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), common sawfly (Hymenoptera ?Tenthredinidae), and (Heliconius wallacei flavescens), Fluminense swallowtail (Parides ascanius) with shells, left and right, (Agaronia gibbosa Born, 1778), and center, (Voluta musica L. 1758), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Scott, Walter, 1771–1832

The border antiquities of England and Scotland;

1814-1817

An historical sketch of the island of Madeira;

1819

A natural history of fishes

[1814?]

Homer

The Iliad of Homer

1715-1720

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834

Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow

1809

Girmondi, M

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c.

Thornhill, R. B. (Richard Badham)

The shooting directory

1804

Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales

[1786]

Bunsen, Frances Waddington, Baroness, 1791–1876

Sketchbook of views of Rome and its environs

1817-1837

Cowell, John

Sketches of John & George from home

June 25th, 1842

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Double flower cultivar of Wood anemone (Anemone cf. nemorosa L. cultivar), with Painted handmaiden moth (Euchromia polymena), both open and closed, with Blister beetle / Spanish fly (Myalabris sp.), Sawyer beetle (?Monochamus sp.) and (Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Edge, John, 1873–1896

Photograph album of Sir John Edge in Allahabad, India

ca. 1888-1894

Richard Turpin, the highwayman

[between 1850-1862]

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618–1679

Novi Belgii Novaeque, Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula

[ca. 1684]

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

A history of British birds

1847

Switzerland in miniature

1825

Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy

[ca. 1801]

Southgate and Barrett (Firm)

Catalogue of the remaining stock of Mr. Geo. Baxter's valuable collection of oil pictures

[1860]

Cromwell, Thomas, 1792–1870

Excursions in the county of Sussex

1822

Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?

The compleat gentleman

[1622]

Walker, Augustine

Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Defiance

1762

Smith, Albert, 1816–1860

A pottle of strawberries, to beguile a short journey, or a long half hour

MDCCCXLVIII [1848]

Fussell, Joseph, 1818–1912

The youths drawing book complete

[1832?]

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Costumes of India

[1830]

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

The elements of drawing

1857

Exhibition of Sir George Hayter's great historical pictures, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly

[1843]

Webber, Catherine Mary, 1831–1900

Geology familiarly illustrated

1859

Smith, William, surveyor

Thirty different drafts of Guinea

[not before 1727]

The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county

1801-1815

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia

1821

Album of animal drawings and lithographs

1832-1834

Egerton, Mary Sarah Amherst, Lady, 1837–1892

Little Gertrude's picture book, from mamma, 1864

1864

Smith, J.A.

G. H. Hovey & Sons

[1880?]

In affectionate remembrance of [George Christopher Woods]

1905

Lady Fanny Flutter, at home on midsummer night

circa 1800

John Palmer mail coach token

1797

Gartside, Mary

Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring,

1808 [that is, 1811?]

Remembrances of the Great Exhibition

[1852]

Britannia illustrata, or, Views of all the palaces, several seats and other publick buildings of England, very neatly engrav'd =

1724

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777

1796

Allom, Thomas, 1804–1872

China, in a series of views

1843

Leech, John, 1817–1864

Portraits of children of the mobility

1841

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) and eggs, with red currant (Ribes cf. rubrum L.) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), both closed and open, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Thy Christmas be happy

[approximately 1900]

Williams, C., active 1840

The supernatural visitor, or, Warnings from the world of spirits relating the appearance of persons after death, for the purpose of detecting murders, forewarning death, and discovering hidden treasures

1840

Martin, John, 1789–1854

Characters of trees

1817

Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of the island and harbour of Bombay

1831

La Serre, M. de (Jean-Puget), ca. 1600–1665

Histoire de l'entree de la reyne mere dv roy tres-chrestien, dans la Grande-Bretaigne

1639

Berners, Juliana, 1388?-

Here in thys boke afore ar contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng with other plesuris dyuerse as in the boke apperis and also of cootarmuris a nobull werke. ..

[1486]

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778–1823

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia

1820

Clarke, James Stanier, 1765?-1834

The life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B.

1809

Life in Bombay, and the neighboring out-stations

1852

Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863

Panorama of the Rhine and the adjacent country from Cologne to Mayence

[between 1834 and 1839]

[Collection of prints illustrating Victoria and Albert and their children]

ca. 1845]

Le Capelain, John, 1814?-1848

The Queen's visit to Jersey, September 3rd, 1846

1847

Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877

Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway

1833 [i.e. 1834]

Smith, Robert, 1792–1882

Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826

1826

Coffin furniture catalog

circa 1823?

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

[1828?]

Green, James (Zoological Artist)

Sciagraphs of British batrachians and reptiles

1897

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria L.), and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), both closed and open, with wasp cocoon, ants and cocoons, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768