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Project / Collection Sloane Collection Language Dutch Name Catesby, Mark, FRS; naturalist, 1682-1749

1. Add MS 5263

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Add MS 5263
Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards, Mark Catesby and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds from North America, Jamaica, Suriname, Ambon and other places, all pasted on the folios of the manuscript and numbered progressively. The majority are watercolours by George Edwards, dated between 1737 and 1743. Exceptions are: 'i-iii': 3 pages of letterpress text in English w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (155 items)

2. Add MS 5289

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Add MS 5289
Title:
‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume