European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
2
Dilnot, John
Winter buds
2008
3
Ward, Mary, 1827–1869
Sketches with the microscope
1857
4
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
5
Coles, Frederick Rhenius, 1853 or 1854–
This book contains drawings of marine shells (from Forbes & Hanley) generally considered as specially British
1884
6
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Daylight
2006
7
Ingpen, Abel, -1854
Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British & foreign insects
1839
8
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
9
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
10
Bush, Tracey
Cygnea cantio
1997
11
Album of pressed wild flowers
1882-1899
12
W., Ellen
Album of cut-paper flowers
circa 1835
13
Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–
Plunge
[2010]
14
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
15
Album of British grasses
circa 1800
16
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
17
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Field notes
2006
18
Bush, Tracey
British butterflies
[2004]
19
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Packet of embossed gilt paper ornaments
1810?
20
Decalcomania sample book
circa 1870
21
Specimens of sea weed
circa 1840?
22
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Father's garden
1989
23
Bonnell, Mandy
The coral aquarium
[1997]
24
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
25
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Wild flowers worth notice
1861
26
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature
[1807?]
27
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life
March 1st 1807
28
Helmingham herbal and bestiary
circa 1500
29
Album of bird illustrations made from bird feathers
approximately 1880
30
Lydiat, Anne
Without
[1999]
31
Douglas, Helen, 1952–
Leda and the swan
[2011]
32
Bonnell, Mandy
The second life of shells
2001
33
Dilnot, John
Weeds and pests
2009
34
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800–1877
The pencil of nature
1844 [i.e. 1844-1846]
35
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
Ocean and river gardens
1857
36
Houghton, W. (William), 1828–1895
Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children
1870
37
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
38
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818
Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire
1784-1800
39
Bonnell, Mandy
Lichen
[2012]
40
Rook, Anne
The book of 4021 & 4020
2002
41
Bush, Tracey
Field poppy
2006
42
Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853
Haustellata lepidoptera diurna
circa 1839
43
Cockburn, Julie
[Beetles book]
[2002]
44
Spooner's transformations
1838 [-39]
45
Bodman, Sarah
The secret garden
2001
46
Bonnell, Mandy
Bethany seeds
2013
47
Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921
Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens
1879-1880
48
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary
1860-1866
49
Bonnell, Mandy
Antmothbeetlemillipedespider
2006
50
Paley, Ann
Fern and flower album
1873-1878
51
Bush, Tracey
Meadow buttercup
2006
52
Phillips, Nicholas
You're never alone in the ocean
1981.]
53
Pratt, Anne, 1806–1893
Wild flowers
1852-53
54
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
55
The therd booke of flowers fruits beastes birds and flies exactly drawne
1661
56
Dilnot, John
Moth collection
2013
57
Martin, John, 1789–1854
Characters of trees
1817
58
Campbell, Ken, 1939–2022
Skute Awabo [Awabo Skute]
1992
59
Topsell, Edward, 1572–1625?
The history of four-footed beasts and serpents
MDCLVIII [1658]
60
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
61
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
62
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
?Subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans), male, and eggs, with strawberry (Fragaria L.), and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), both closed and open, with wasp cocoon, ants and cocoons, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
63
Flora
approximately 1860
64
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
History of British birds
1797 [i.e. 1798]-1804
65
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
66
Musée des dames et des demoiselles
[ca. 1825?]
67
Lamont-Fisher, Pauline
Sturgeon
2011
68
Norris, Andrew
POETree
2005
69
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
70
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