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On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects / by John Lubbock.
Date: 1875
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Mahwa or mahua (Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbr.): flowering and fruiting stem with a dragonfly. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20134i
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Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 46494i
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Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 46496i
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Recipe Collection, 19th Century
Date: c. 1820-1878Reference: MS.5853
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A lion surrounded by flowers and insects. Etching by J. Dunstall, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24365i
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Seven insects, including a grasshopper, praying mantid and stag-beetle. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23638i
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Microscopy: a ladybird. Engraving [after R. Hooke?].
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.Reference: 46521i
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Gostling, W F: Receipt Book
Date: 1752-1891Reference: MS.7884
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MS of the 'Maggot' paper, Nov 1951
Date: 1951Reference: PP/FPW/B.201
Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
Holmes, Edward Morell, 1843-1930.Date: 1876-1930Reference: MSS.2867-2932, 7961 & WMS/Amer.145-148
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Insects and reptiles from different parts of the world, including a hooded serpent, a locust and an elephant beetle. Etching by W. Grainger.
Date: [1785]Reference: 42167i
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Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 22 January 1798Reference: 25375i
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Beetle. Watercolour, 1777/1783.
Date: 1777-1783Reference: 579189i
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Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.
Reference: 23430i
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Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1873Reference: 603166i
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Four crustaceous insects and a tick. Etching.
Reference: 42335i
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Textiles: various workers laying out mulberry leaves to feed silkworms. Engraving by B. Cole, 1753.
Date: 1753Reference: 43587i
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The rival world.
Date: 1955
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A female scorpion being led into a burrow by her mate. Reproduction of a photograph by P. H. Fabre.
Fabre, P. H.Reference: 42553i
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Microscopy: insects and parts of insects. Engraving [after R. Hooke?].
Reference: 46529i
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British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects / by E.F. Staveley.
Staveley E. F.Date: 1871
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Microscopy: parts of a louse. Engraving [after Leewenhoek?].
Reference: 46514i
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A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1674]Reference: 24378i
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Microscopy: parts of an insect [fly?]. Engraving [after A. van Leeuwenhoek?].
Leeuwenhoek, Anton van.Reference: 46507i

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On British wild flowers considered in relation to insects / by John Lubbock.

Mahwa or mahua (Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbr.): flowering and fruiting stem with a dragonfly. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.

Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.

Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.

Recipe Collection, 19th Century

A lion surrounded by flowers and insects. Etching by J. Dunstall, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Seven insects, including a grasshopper, praying mantid and stag-beetle. Gouache painting.

Microscopy: a ladybird. Engraving [after R. Hooke?].

Gostling, W F: Receipt Book

MS of the 'Maggot' paper, Nov 1951

Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica

Insects and reptiles from different parts of the world, including a hooded serpent, a locust and an elephant beetle. Etching by W. Grainger.

Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.

Beetle. Watercolour, 1777/1783.

Four mussel shells, one with the contents exposed, and a dragonfly. Watercolour.

Insects with the heads of humans assail a bee hive as ministerial bees emerge to defend the Treasury bench. Line block after J. Gillray, 1873.

Four crustaceous insects and a tick. Etching.

Textiles: various workers laying out mulberry leaves to feed silkworms. Engraving by B. Cole, 1753.

The rival world.

A female scorpion being led into a burrow by her mate. Reproduction of a photograph by P. H. Fabre.

Microscopy: insects and parts of insects. Engraving [after R. Hooke?].

British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects / by E.F. Staveley.

Microscopy: parts of a louse. Engraving [after Leewenhoek?].

A griffin facing left surrounded by various flowers, fruits and insects. Engraving by D. Loggan, 1663, after W. Hollar.

Microscopy: parts of an insect [fly?]. Engraving [after A. van Leeuwenhoek?].