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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Bonnell, Mandy
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
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Bush, Tracey
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Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–
1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Mackenzie, Maggie
1
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
1
Rowe, Miss
1
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
1
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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Period
19th century
18
18th century
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20th century
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21st century
2
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botanical illustration
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watercolor
13
graphite drawing
9
ink drawing
8
commonplace book
5
herbaria
5
engraving
4
sketchbook
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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artists' book
3
cut-paper work
3
portrait
3
albums (books)
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exercise book
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game
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patterns (design elements)
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recreation
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scientific illustration
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accordion fold format (binding)
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book designers' mock-ups (publishing)
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Women in natural history.
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English poetry -- 18th century.
5
English poetry -- 19th century.
5
Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.
4
Artists' books -- Great Britain.
3
Flowers -- Great Britain.
3
Flowers -- Pictorial works.
3
Amusements -- Great Britain.
2
Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813.
2
Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.
2
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941.
2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778. Systema naturae.
2
Pressed flower pictures.
2
School notebooks -- Great Britain.
2
Zaehnsdorf (Firm) -- Bookbinder.
2
Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
1
Birds -- Great Britain.
1
Birds -- Pictorial works.
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18th century
5
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Great Britain
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Cornwall (England : County)
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England
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Hampshire
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Thames River (England)
1
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Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
2
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
2
Burgess family
1
Crafton, Edith C., 1833–
1
Dickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805–1865
1
Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
1
Hamilton, Catherine
1
Head, Frederick William, 1854–1886
1
Howard, John, 1726–1790
1
Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
1
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795–1870
1
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
1
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
1
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821
1
Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
1
Qājār, Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran, -1834
1
Rowe, Miss
1
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
1
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
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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 Lauren Brown.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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English
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Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
2
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
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Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
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Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
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Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
6
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
7
Crafton, Edith Caroline, 1833–
Edith C. Crafton science notebook, completed at South End House, Croydon
ca.1850
8
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
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Commonplace book
1874-1924
10
Commonplace book
1829-1834
11
Bonnell, Mandy
Wild flowers worth notice
[2012-2014]
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Marriage fortune telling game
ca. 1840?
13
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
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Kennedy, Elizabeth Gray, 1808–1889
Album of pressed plants collected during a tour of Europe
1856-1858
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Mackenzie, Maggie
Maggie Mackenzie botany notebook
Great Britain,
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Natural history and gardening commonplace book
between 1830 and 1840
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Finch, Louisa, Countess of Aylesford, 1760–1832
Hepatics and mosses from the herbarium of the Countess of Aylesford
circa 1790-1810
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Potter, Susanna, 1802–1872
Susanna Potter commonplace book
1823-circa 1860
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Spicilegium florae Hantoniensis
1851-1860
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Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997?
21
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Lepidoptera of the British Isles
circa 1810