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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Gould, John (1804-1881) | 15 |
| Gray, George Robert (1808-1872) | 12 |
| British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology | 11 |
| Gray, George Robert | 11 |
| Latham, John (1740-1837) | 10 |
| Morris, F O (1810-1893) | 9 |
| Smellie, William (1740-1795) | 8 |
| Smellie, William | 8 |
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| Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1847-1909) | 8 |
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Oil sketches
c. 1830
Undated oil sketches on woodpulp board and canvas by Edward Petre Novello. They are likely to have been painted in around 1830, following his studies at the Royal Academy of Arts and before his early ...
The domestic habits of birds
Rennie, James (1787-1867)
1846
First appeared in The library of Entertaining Knowledge.
The architecture of birds
Rennie, James (1787-1867); Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
1831
The faculties of birds
Rennie, James (1787-1867)
1835
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Natural history
Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888); Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education
1849
'Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge'.
'A Round Robin!' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello
5 Jan 1882
'A Round Robin!' by (Mary) Sabilla Novello, with a drawing of a robin surrounded by the autographs of her sister Mary Cowden Clarke, her brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, her own, and those of her niec...
L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux : avec leurs descriptions, & naïfs portraicts retirez du naturel
Belon, Pierre (1517?-1564); Prévost, Benoît (1562)
1555
Colophon contains statement: Imprime a Paris par Benoist Preuost... 1555. Each part except the first has a separate t.p: Book 2. La nature des oyseaux vivants de rapine, tant de iour que de nuict. -...