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Total number of records: 34

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Books and printed items26
Archives8

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Brotherton Collection9
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection5
Medieval Manuscripts2
English Literature1
Herbert Read Collection1

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flowers34
botany21
floriculture15
wild flowers5
angels2
botanical illustration2
fabulous animals2
gift giving2
holy ghost (as dove)2
letter writing2

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Great Britain5
London, United Kingdom2

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Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)15
Pratt, Anne (1806-1893)5
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Blair, Patrick (1728)1
Brookshaw, George (1751-1823)1
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)1
Innys, John1
Innys, John (1732-)1
Innys, William1
Innys, William (1756)1

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Watercolours

c. 1830

Watercolours on paper by Edward Petre Novello, representing biblical, literary and mythological narratives, in addition to family portraits of his mother Mary Sabilla Novello, sister Clara Anastasia N...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

3 Mar 1852

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for the beautiful flowers and expressing his delight at the gift.

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

14 Nov 1853

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke, recalling the flowers she had sent him on the day of publication and sending her a book in return.

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Sketch of a figure writing

c. 1830

Undated pencil and watercolour sketch by Edward Petre Novello, of a figure writing and a small vase with a pink flower on the right. Inscribed in pencil with the words 'he! he! he!'.

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untitled watercolour [two young children in a landscape]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour of two young children in a landscape by Edward Petre Novello, mounted on cardboard. There are ferns in the foreground and possibly the sea in the background. One of the children is...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.1)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.2)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.3)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.4)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.5)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.6)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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The botanic garden : consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain; with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture, and physiological observations (v.7)

Maund, Benjamin (1790-1863)

1825-

Some vols have added engraved title pages which read: "The botanic garden... cultivated in Great Britain: with their classification, history, culture and other interesting information"; some vols with...

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