?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the rose family (Rosaceae), Peacock butterflies (Nymphalis io), both closed and open, and butterfly chrysalis, larva caterpillar, daddy longlegs spider (Phalangida) egg case, and snout beetle, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
3
Map of North America
not before 1634
4
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
5
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
6
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
7
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
8
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
9
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
10
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
11
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
12
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Della architettura militare
mid-16th century
13
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape
circa 1790
14
Estcourt, Thomas Grimston Bucknall, 1775–1853
Sketchbooks
1826-1851
15
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
16
Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
17
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
18
Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
19
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China
1810
20
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp (Hymenoptera ?Tiphidae), Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), soldier fly (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae), longhorned beetle (Chlorida festiva), and shell (Natica euzona Récluz 1844) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
21
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
22
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
23
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), with raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.), and wood lice (?Isopoda), and pupa (Lepidoptera ?Saturniidae) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
24
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
25
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
26
Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–
Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine
1897
27
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
28
Irby family commonplace book
1823-1852
29
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
30
Kölderer, Jörg, d. 1540
Maximiliani König Zeughauss
between 1504 and 1508
31
Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati
circa 1587
32
Probert, John, active 1764
A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady
1767
33
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
34
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Caesalpinoid legume, possibly a species of Caesalpinia L.; Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii), Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata), Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae) and (Nymphalidae cf. Haematera); shells, from left: (Cypraea ocellata L. 1758), (Conus marmoreus L. 1758), and (Semicassis granulate Born, 1778), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
35
Field, William, 1854–1932
William Field scrapbook
1895
36
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary
1860-1866
37
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
38
Morton, Edward
Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday
1888
39
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
40
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
41
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
42
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
43
Great Britain. Admiralty
Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet
[approximately 1711]
44
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
45
W., Ellen
Album of cut-paper flowers
circa 1835
46
Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
47
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
48
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
49
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
50
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
51
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
52
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
53
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
54
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
55
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
56
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
57
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
58
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
59
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), male, with Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa), both open and closed, and Pupa (Lepidoptera Pieridae), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
60
Jervis, Anne Sarah Paget, 1801–1886
Drawings of England and India
1817-1852
61
[Thomas Braythwait writing his will]
ca. 1607
62
Helmingham herbal and bestiary
circa 1500
63
Gladiatoria fencing manual
1440s
64
Edwards, George, 1694–1773
Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds
approximately 1746
65
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
66
Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892
Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books
ca. 1844-1865
67
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
68
Hadfield, James, approximately 1772–1841
Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel
1826?
69
Ball, Mary Anne
A selection of maps
1818
70
Quartettes
circa 1860?
71
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
72
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
73
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Vinters in Kent, a seat of James Whatman Esqr
1797
74
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
75
McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–
The Countess Winifred, and her children
1896
76
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava), male, with Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), common sawfly (Hymenoptera ?Tenthredinidae), and (Heliconius wallacei flavescens), Fluminense swallowtail (Parides ascanius) with shells, left and right, (Agaronia gibbosa Born, 1778), and center, (Voluta musica L. 1758), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
77
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Double flower cultivar of Wood anemone (Anemone cf. nemorosa L. cultivar), with Painted handmaiden moth (Euchromia polymena), both open and closed, with Blister beetle / Spanish fly (Myalabris sp.), Sawyer beetle (?Monochamus sp.) and (Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
78
Signal manual from the French ship Neptune
1805
79
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) and eggs, with red currant (Ribes cf. rubrum L.) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), both closed and open, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
80
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
81
Smith, Robert, 1792–1882
Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826
1826
82
Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815
[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]
[1790]
83
The young companion
1897 January-1898 December
84
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) and eggs, with bramble (Rubus L.) and Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) and longhorned beetle (?Desmocerus sp.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
85
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects
circa 1841-1872
86
Probert, John, active 1764
Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife
1765
87
Hammerton, William, -1732
Map of the southeastern part of North America
1721
88
Gyfford, E
Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes
[not after 1807]
89
A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774,
1774
90
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
?White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus), with bramble (Rubus fruticosus L.), and Eurasian Comma (Polygonia c-album), both closed and open, and Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Coccinella septumpunctata) on leaf, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
91
Drawing folder with watercolors
ca. 1850
92
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
93
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
European robin (Erithacus rubecula) and eggs, with wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
94
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
95
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), with hazel (Corylus avellana L.), oak (Quercus L.) and bramble (cf. Rubus), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
96
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
97
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
98
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
99
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and Guatemala City