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Subject Terms Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800.

1. [Twelve engravings of birds]

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Date:: [between 1767 and 1794]
Physical Description:: 12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 20 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.

Creator:: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
Date:: 1707-1725
Physical Description:: 2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laporte.

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Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: 6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 43 x 58 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Flower painting made easy : being a collection of correct outlines after nature / by Tho. Parkinson painter ; and well engrav'd on 72 copper plates, ...

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Creator:: Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Date:: [1760?]
Physical Description:: [72] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Of the characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laport.

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Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: 1795-1798
Physical Description:: 6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 39 x 53 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Twelve prints, representing a curious collection of English birds [graphic] / by Collins.

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Creator:: Collins, Charles, 1680–1744
Date:: [between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts