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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
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Wilson, Rachel
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Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
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Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
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Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690–1770
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Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
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Muriel, Catharine
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Sönmez, Nedim, 1957–
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Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
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Books
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Drawings & Watercolors
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unknown
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19th century
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21st century
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18th century
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silk (textile)
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weaving
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watercolor
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botanical illustration
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commonplace book
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alba amicorum
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artists' book
2
chromoxylograph
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drawings (visual works)
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graphite drawing
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poetry
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portrait
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accordion fold format (binding)
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albumen print
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bookmark
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cut-paper work
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drafting, drawing and writing equipment
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drawing book
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embossed print
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embroidery (visual works)
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flowered marble paper
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gouache
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Women in natural history.
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Birds.
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Allen, George -- Publisher.
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Artists' books -- Great Britain.
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Biodegradation.
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Butterflies.
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Architecture, English.
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Baskets.
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Baxter -- Bookbinder.
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Bible -- Commentaries.
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Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793.
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Botanical illustration -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Botany -- Alps.
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Botany -- Great Britain.
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Burdett family.
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Chiswick Press -- Printer.
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Christian literature.
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Clay, R. -- Printer.
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Cooke, Ann -- Provenance, 1768.
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18th century
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Great Britain
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Orpington (London, England)
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Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
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Burdett family
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Davidson family
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Hamilton family
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Houston family
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Lambert family
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Lambert, Alexander-Clendinning, 1805–1892
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Lambert, Emma Maria, 1824–1916
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Muriel, Catharine
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Pendergrass family
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Prendergast, Eliza Emma, 1795–1883
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Prendergast, Guy Lennox, 1773–1845
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Prendergast, Harris, 1805–1878
1
Westcombe family
1
Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
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English
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Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
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Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
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Irby family commonplace book
1823-1852
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Prendergast family photograph album
late 1860s-1870s
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Drawing folder with watercolors
ca. 1850
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Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
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Burkitt, William, 1650–1703
Excerpts from William Burkitt's Expository notes
circa [1850?]
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Wilson, Rachel
[Fire book]
[2007]
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Commonplace book
1829-1834
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Sönmez, Nedim, 1957–
An accordion book with ten miniatur flowers
2020
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Proserpina
1879
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Flowers from many lands
[1855]
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Wilson, Rachel
[Branded book]
[2005?]
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Hibberd, Shirley, 1825–1890
Garden favourites;
1858
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Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Proserpina
1882
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Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690–1770
The florist, or, An extensive and curious collection of flowers, for the imitation of young ladies, either in drawing, or in needle-work
[1759]
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Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888
To a mother
[not before 1862]