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Total number of records: 208

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Books and printed items206
Archives2

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society47
Brotherton Collection23
English Literature14
Ripon Cathedral4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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zoology208
natural history21
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nature in the bible6
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botany5
fishes5
birds4
invertebrates3
vertebrates3

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Northwest Coast of North America2
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United States1
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Guyana1
Alps1
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Cuvier, Georges Baron (1769-1832)55
Gray, George Robert (1808-1872)51
Gray, John Edward (1800-1875)51
Pidgeon, Edward36
Griffith, Edward (1790-1858)36
Latreille, P A (1762-1833)36
Smith, Charles Hamilton (1776-1859)36
Stephens, James Francis32
Stephens, James Francis (1792-1853)32
Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774)20

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Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

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Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

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Two note-books of William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1880s

Contains (i) the text of Barwell's presidential address to the Leeds Naturalists' Club on 25 January 1881, entitled 'The origin of organic life'; (ii) an undated survey of the history of systematic zo...

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A treatise on the geography and classification of animals

Swainson, William (1789-1855)

[1835?]

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Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life

Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888); Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Education

1877

"Published under the direction of the Committee of General Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" - Title-page

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Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life

Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888)

[1859?]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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An introduction to zoology (v.1)

Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888)

[1844]

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An introduction to zoology (v.2)

Gosse, Philip Henry (1810-1888)

[1844]

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