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Total number of records: 600

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Books and printed items581
Archives19

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society94
Brotherton Collection49
Cookery Collection21
English Literature7
Herbert Read Collection7
Leeds Russian Archive4
Ripon Cathedral4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Incunabula1

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SubjectCount
botany562
natural history58
botany, medical31
flowers27
gardening19
herbs19
wild flowers19
floriculture15
algae14
geology13

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Great Britain9
Middle East8
Asia7
Canada6
Iceland6
India6
England5
Central America4
Mexico4
St. Anne'S-On-The-Sea (England)4

Top 10: People and organisations

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

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From 150019
From 160050
From 1700151
From 1800240
From 1900132

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Up to 159919
Up to 169944
Up to 1799128
Up to 1899259
Up to 1999142

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Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium : in qua exhibentur quotquot hactenus inventæ sunt, quæ vel sponte proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur;... Adjiciuntur in gratiam tyronum, Index Anglico-latinus ... [etc.]

Ray, John (1627-1705)

Ann. Dom. 1660

Issue with rule above imprint printed in black and the 'a' of "agris" aligned below the 'n' of "sponte" in the title. This t.p. appears to be leaf *2. Another issue exists with the t.p. as leaf *1 w...

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Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium : in qua exhibentur quotquot hactenus inventæ sunt, quæ vel sponte proveniunt, vel in agris seruntur;... Adjiciuntur in gratiam tyronum, Index Anglico-latinus ... [etc.]

Ray, John (1627-1705)

Ann. Dom. 1660

Issue with rule above imprint printed in black and the 'a' of "agris" aligned below the 'n' of "sponte" in the title. This t.p. appears to be leaf *2. Another issue exists with the t.p. as leaf *1 w...

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Across Iceland

Bisiker, W; Hill, Sir Arthur W (1875-1941)

1902

Appendix I: Notes on plants collected in the Faroes and Iceland, by A. W. Hill.--Appendix II: A list of plants collected in the Faroes and Iceland in June and July 1900.

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The anatomy of vegetables begun : With a general account of vegetation founded thereon

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1672

Last page numbered 198 for 186.

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The anatomy of vegetables begun : With a general account of vegetation founded thereon

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1672

Last page numbered 198 for 186.

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Anatomie des plantes : qui contient une description exacte de leurs parties & de leurs usages, & qui fait voir comment elles se forment, & comment elles croissent

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712); Le Vasseur, Louis (fl. 1668-1674)

1675

Engraved half-title page. Includes bibliographic references.

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