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311. Add MS 5264

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Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards and others
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of birds from North America, Argentina, Mexico and India among other places. All drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted onto the folios of the manuscript. The majority are by George Edwards and are dated between 1732 and 1743. Most drawings bear inscriptions in penci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (143 items)

312. Add MS 5265

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Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds, primarily from North and Central America and Europe. All drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted on the folios of the album. Some have an additional drawing or inscription on the verso. Most drawings are inscribed in pencil and ink by different hands with the na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (135 items)

313. Add MS 5266

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Title:
Drawings of birds with inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and Thomas Browne's hand
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds executed in a variety of techniques and by different draughtsmen. The only exceptions are items 82, 91 and 93, which are prints of birds. The drawings are executed on paper and pasted onto the folios of the manuscript. Many drawings bear inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and / or S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (164 items)

314. Add MS 5267

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Drawings of fish by George Jago, Mark Catesby and others, from the collection of James Petiver
Scope & Content:
Drawings of fish executed in a variety of techniques. Items 48 and 135 are the only exceptions, being two proof stage engravings of various types of fish. All drawings are executed on paper and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Several drawings bear inscriptions in English and Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (152 items)

315. Add MS 5280

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Watercolours of insects by Eleazar Albin and others
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of butterflies, moths, caterpillars and other insects by Eleazer Albin, many of which related to his publication A Natural History of English Insects (London, 1749). The drawings are executed on paper and, occasionally, on parchment, and all are pasted on the folios of the albums. A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (302 items)

316. Add MS 5282

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"A book containing herbs, flowers, trees, either growing wild or cultivated in gardens in England..."
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of flowers, plants, fruits birds and insects made around 1684. The drawings are executed directly onto the folios of the manuscript, in all cases but one only on the recto. Foliation is original and visible in the upper right corner of the folios, inscribed in pen and brown ink. Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

317. Add MS 5286

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Watercolours of plants that grow around the Cape of Good Hope
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of plants that grow around the Cape of Good Hope. The watercolours are executed on paper and pasted down on the folios of the album. Most drawings include an accompanying inscription in Latin: this is a cross-reference to James Petiver's Gazophylacii Naturae & Artis decas nonas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century - Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (93 items)

318. Add MS 5287

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Title:
Drawings of plants from the library of Cardinal Dubois, mainly executed by Jean Joubert
Scope & Content:
Drawings of plants, mostly from Europe, attributed to the French artist Jean Joubert (1643-1707), who was employed as artist and miniaturist to King Louis XIV between 1685-1704, and specialised in drawings of plants and animals from the Jardin du Roi. The name 'Joubert' is inscribed on several d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (118 items)

319. Add MS 5289

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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

320. Add MS 5291

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Title:
Drawings of plants for Leonard Plukenet's works and drawings and prints from James Petiver's works
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two sets of drawings, all of which are pasted on the folios of the manuscript. At the beginning of the volume, inscribed on f.iii, is the title 'Designs of Dr. Plukenet's [i.e. Leonard Plukenet] works'. On f. iv (now at the back of the volume) is the title 'Drawings belongin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (437 items)

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