Exhibition History: "Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) / Image Available: Available / Subject Period: 19th century - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Exhibition History "Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)

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Subject Period 19th century

1. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Creator:: Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The pencil of nature / by H. Fox Talbot.

The pencil of nature / by H. Fox Talbot.

Creator:: Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877
Date:: 1844 [i.e. 1844-1846]
Physical Description:: [80] pages, [24] leaves of plates : 24 photographs ; 30.5 x 24.3 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.

Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects : also for collecting and preserving crustacea and shells / by Abel Ingpen.

Creator:: Ingpen, Abel, -1854
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 106 p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts