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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society94
Brotherton Collection42
Cookery Collection11
Herbert Read Collection7
English Literature6
Leeds Russian Archive4
Ripon Cathedral3
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Incunabula1
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botany562
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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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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 1)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

Editor's preface signed A.M.J.

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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 2)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 3)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 4)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 5)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

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The works of Sir William Jones (v. 6)

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794); Jones, Lady Anna Maria

1799

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New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus : and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature

Thornton, Robert John (1768?-1837)

1807

Contents: The prize dissertation on the sexes of plants by Carolus von Linnaeus : written,...1759.--2. The sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus. 1805--3. Picturesque botanical plates of the new illus...

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Enumeratio plantarum Horti Regii et agri Gottingensis

Haller, Albrecht von (1708-1777)

1753

Engraved t.p. Bibliography: p. [xlix]-lxxx. Includes index.

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Synopsis plantarum seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum (v.1)

Persoon, Christian Hendrik (1755-1837)

1805-07

Vol. 2: apud bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz.

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Synopsis plantarum seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum (v.2)

Persoon, Christian Hendrik (1755-1837)

1805-07

Vol. 2: apud bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz.

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Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris : avec leur usage dans la medecine

Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de (1656-1708)

1698

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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