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Total number of records: 63

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society4
English Literature1
Brotherton Collection1

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botany44
wild flowers12
mineralogy5
paleontology4
mollusks, fossil4
natural history1
malacostraca1
decapoda (crustacea)1
fungi1
letters1

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Sowerby, James (1757-1822)63
Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)34
Sowerby, James De Carle22
Johnson, Charles (1791-1880)12
Lankester10
Salter, John William10
Salter, John William (1820-1869)10
Sowerby, John E10
Sowerby, John E (1825-1870)10
Lankester, Mrs (1825-1900)10

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James Dalton, correspondence

Dalton, James

c.1795-1824

Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...

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Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth and times of flowering; their several names according to Linnæus and other authors : with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and other arts (v.1)

Curtis, William (1746-1799); Kilburn, William (1745-1818); Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Edwards, Sydenham Teak (1769?-1819); Sansom, F; Darton, William (1755-1819)

1777-1798

Title page of v. 2 varies slightly with regard to punctuation. Vol. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for and sold by the author, No. 3, St. George's Crescent, Black-Friars-Road., 1798. "Most plates...

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Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth and times of flowering; their several names according to Linnæus and other authors : with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and other arts (v.2 pt.1)

Curtis, William (1746-1799); Kilburn, William (1745-1818); Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Edwards, Sydenham Teak (1769?-1819); Sansom, F; Darton, William (1755-1819)

1777-1798

Title page of v. 2 varies slightly with regard to punctuation. Vol. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for and sold by the author, No. 3, St. George's Crescent, Black-Friars-Road., 1798. "Most plates...

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Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth and times of flowering; their several names according to Linnæus and other authors : with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy, and other arts (v.2 pt.2)

Curtis, William (1746-1799); Kilburn, William (1745-1818); Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Edwards, Sydenham Teak (1769?-1819); Sansom, F; Darton, William (1755-1819)

1777-1798

Title page of v. 2 varies slightly with regard to punctuation. Vol. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for and sold by the author, No. 3, St. George's Crescent, Black-Friars-Road., 1798. "Most plates...

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English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth : to which will be added, occasional remarks (v.1-2)

Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)

1790-1814

Includes 2592 handcolored engraved leaves of plates. Starting with v. 4 the t.p. reads: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places ...

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English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth : to which will be added, occasional remarks (v.3-4)

Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)

1790-1814

Includes 2592 handcolored engraved leaves of plates. Starting with v. 4 the t.p. reads: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places ...

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English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth : to which will be added, occasional remarks (v.5-6)

Sowerby, James (1757-1822); Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)

1790-1814

Includes 2592 handcolored engraved leaves of plates. Starting with v. 4 the t.p. reads: English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places ...

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