?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
2
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
3
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
4
Map of North America
not before 1634
5
Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
6
Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine
mid-19th century
7
A faithful tribute of affection! To my love
mid-19th century
8
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
9
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577
Della architettura militare
mid-16th century
10
Walter, John
A tour in North Wales
1817
11
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
12
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
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
Rowe, Miss
Rowe collection of botanical specimens,
1861-1862
16
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
17
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
18
Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–
Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine
1897
19
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
20
Probert, John, active 1764
A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr. and his Lady
1767
21
Oh speed fair sun! Thy face divine and bring my love to me
mid-19th century
22
[Thomas Braythwait writing his will]
ca. 1607
23
Helmingham herbal and bestiary
circa 1500
24
Trollope, Robert, -1686
Osbourne's Fort
1676
25
W., Ellen
Album of cut-paper flowers
circa 1835
26
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
27
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
28
T'is happiness we have in view, and mine is in possessing you
mid-19th century
29
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
30
Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920
Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer
1853-1898
31
Muriel, Catharine
Catharine Muriel commonplace book
1825-circa 1840
32
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female, and eggs, with Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) and Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis Paphia), both closed and open, with Long-legged Fly from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
33
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
34
Music is the voice of love. My love for thee is pure and ardent
mid-19th century
35
B. B. B
Manuscript of Keble's morning hymn
1860
36
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
A survey and description of the principal harbours
1698
37
Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds
1830s?
38
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
39
Fortune teller's notebook
[1829?]
40
Morton, Edward
Presentation album to Abraham Follett Osler, on his eightieth birthday
1888
41
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
42
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
43
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
44
Jervis, Anne Sarah Paget, 1801–1886
Drawings of England and India
1817-1852
45
Great Britain. Admiralty
Sailing and fighting instructions for His Majesties fleet
[approximately 1711]
46
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China
1810
47
I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well
mid-19th century
48
Rose, Richard, 1728–1770
A journal of a voyage to Madrass
1761
49
My heart is where thou art!
mid-19th century
50
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
51
Kölderer, Jörg, d. 1540
Maximiliani König Zeughauss
between 1504 and 1508
52
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
53
Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895
Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary
1860-1866
54
Field, William, 1854–1932
William Field scrapbook
1895
55
May mutual loves count us blest
mid-19th century
56
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
57
Irby family commonplace book
1823-1852
58
Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati
circa 1587
59
Hamilton, Catherine
Catherine Hamilton commonplace book
1822-1880
60
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
61
De Gomme, Bernard, 1620–1685
The bounds of the fortificatie of Gosport
approximately 1678
62
Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
cf. Soldanella L., with holly blue (Celastrina argiolus) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae ?Danaus sp.), Amazon angel (Chorinea amazon) and (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae) with net-winged beetle (?Calopteron sp.) and shells, from the left, (Cypraea stolida L. 1758) and (Cypraea asellus L. 1758) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne
circa 1768
63
Hearne, John, 1795 or 6–1849
John Hearne commonplace book
1820-1849
64
The Fort Devereux placed uppon the Ferne Islande
circa 1600
65
Lucknow from the Gomti
1826
66
Drawing folder with watercolors
ca. 1850
67
Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and Guatemala City
1826-1830
68
Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818
Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire
1784-1800
69
Crowquills and goosequills
circa 1855-1857
70
A survey of the estate of Richard Moore, Esq., Kentwell Hall, Suffolk
1777
71
Cobweb three-dimensional watercolor
72
Stephens, James Francis, 1792–1853
Haustellata lepidoptera diurna
circa 1839
73
Marshal, Alexander
St. George and the dragon
circa 1630-1682
74
A token of faithful love! To my dearest Valentine!
mid-19th century
75
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
76
Basil, Simon, -1615
Survey of Hertford Castle
1608
77
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Vinters in Kent, a seat of James Whatman Esqr
1797
78
Cut-paper basket
Great Britain,
79
McClure, Louisa Agnes, 1884 or 1885–
The Countess Winifred, and her children
1896
80
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
81
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
82
St. Valentine's Day at length is here to lovers still held dear
mid-19th century
83
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
84
Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves be twined
mid-19th century
85
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
86
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Scraps collected from all books, at all times, in all places and on all subjects
circa 1841-1872
87
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
88
Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815
[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]
[1790]
89
The young companion
1897 January-1898 December
90
Hadfield, James, approximately 1772–1841
Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel
1826?
91
Ball, Mary Anne
A selection of maps
1818
92
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
93
Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680
Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings
ca. 1680
94
Quartettes
circa 1860?
95
A survey of the estate of John Plampin Esquire, taken in 1774,
1774
96
Signal manual from the French ship Neptune
1805
97
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
98
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
99
Smith, Robert, 1792–1882
Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826
1826
100
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