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Total number of records: 431

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Books and printed items415
Archives16

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society50
Brotherton Collection33
Cookery Collection10
English Literature4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Ripon Cathedral2
Incunabula1
Herbert Read Collection1

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botany431
natural history54
flowers21
wild flowers17
gardening16
floriculture15
algae14
desmidiaceae12
geology11
science10

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Great Britain9
Middle East8
Canada6
Asia6
India6
England5
Iceland3
North Yorkshire (England)1
Palestine1
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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)50
Sowerby, James (1757-1822)44
Linne, Carl Von (1707-1778)33
Carolus Linnaeus33
Sowerby, James De Carle22
Tournefort, Joseph Pitton De (1656-1708)17
Miller, Philip (1691-1771)17
Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785-1865)17
Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)15
Berkeley, M J (1803-1889)15

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Archive Collection

William Clayfield of Bristol, autograph verses attributed to him with one by Thomas Beddoes

Clayfield, William

1820s

Comprises autograph verses by William Clayfield, including 'On a young lady's stooping at a window to examine the Arabis-Stricta recently transplanted from St Vincent's rocks' (dated 1822); 'On the Ny...

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Rough notes on the Desmidiaceae, by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1886

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Notes from various authors on the Desmidiaceae; compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1870-1880

Contains very detailed autograph manuscript botanical and bibliographical notes on the desmidiaceae, partly listed in columns, and chiefly written in Latin, compiled by W.B. Turner between 1870 and 18...

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Four papers on microscopic Algae, by August Carl Joseph Corda, copied from Almanach de Carlsbad

Corda, August Carl Joseph

1835-1840

Comprises transcription and illustrations

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Proof copies of plates for a proposed Ray Society monograph on British Desmidiaceae and a draft of a work by G.C. Wallich on Indian Desmidieae, drawn and written by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1884-1894

The Wallich volume includes a list of his books and papers on scientific subjects written between 1858 and 1883 dated 29 December 1884. The envelope contains correspondence between Turner and Thomas W...

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Bibliography of the Desmidieae, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1887

Covers works published between ca.1811-1893

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Memoirs and memoranda on the Desmidieae; compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1886-1887

Contains an index to the volume, followed by autograph manuscript notes written in 1886-1887 on various aspects of different species of the Desmidieae illustrated by many hand-drawn plates, some of wh...

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Classification of the Desmidieae, by William Barwell Turner and others

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1828-1883

Includes an extract from G.C. Wallich's "Are the desmids and diatoms simple cells" and Archer's arrangement of the Desmidieae

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Three separate works on the Desmidiaceae, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

1885

Contains: (1) Paul Friedrich Reinsch: Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam, Vol.I: Desmideacearum notae; manuscript copy by W. Barwell Turner, with O. Nordstedt's "Einige Bemerkungen über die ...

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Notes on algal memoirs by various authors, including some illustrations, compiled by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1888

A letter from Mr Greenhow to Mr Turner, dated Nov. 29 [1905] is inserted at the end in a pocket

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Micro-notes, made in 1872-82 by A.W. Wills [and] Original sketches of Desmidieae by A.W. Wills, from various sources, 1869-82

Wills, Arthur Winkler

1869-1882

Includes an obituary for Mr A.W. Wills at the end of the volume extracted from the Birmingham Daily Post for Monday, 7th December, 1903

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Desmid sketches and lists, compiled from various authors by William Barwell Turner

Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)

c.1858-1887

Includes some photographs made from lantern-slides, 1885

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