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Item Open Access The herball, or Generall historie of plantes(London : Printed by Islip, Norton and Whitakers, 1636, 1636) Gerard, John, 1545-1612The herball, or Generall historie of plantes / Gathered by John Gerarde... ; Very much enlarged and amended by T. Johnson... Largely based on: Dodoens, Rembert. Cruydenboeck. The title page is engraved and signed: Io: Payne sculps:. "2nd ed. of revised Gerard," first published 1633 "A catalogue of the Brittish [i.e. Welsh] names of plants, sent me by Master Robert Dauyes of Guissaney in Flintshire": p.[31]-[32] at endItem Open Access Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society, and preserved at Gresham Colledge(London : printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1681., 1681) Royal Society (Great Britain). Museum.Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society, and preserved at Gresham Colledge / made by Nehemiah Grew ... ;Whereunto is subjoyned the Comparative anatomy of stomachs and guts / By the same author. Catalogue and description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham ColledgeItem Open Access Micrographia restaurata : or, the copper-plates of Dr. Hooke’s wonderful discoveries by the microscope, reprnted and fully explained : whereby the most valuable particulars in that celebrated author’s Micrographia are brought together in a narrow compass : and intermixed, occasionally, with many entertaining and instructive discoveries and observations in natural history(London : Printed for and sold by John Bowles, Printseller at the Black Horse in Cornhill. Sold also by R. Dodsley, in Pallmall, and John Cuff, Optician, in Fleetstreet, 1745) Hooke, RobertItem Open Access The book of nature, or, The history of insects : reduced to distinct classes, confirmed by particular instances ... / By John Swammerdam ... With the life of the author, by Herman Boerhaave ... Translated by Thomas Flloyd ... Revised and improved ... by John Hill.(London : Printed for C.G. Seyffert, 1758) Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680.Item Open Access Exotic flora containing figures and descriptions of new rare and otherwise interesting exotic plants(Edinburgh, 1823) Hooker, Sir William JacksonItem Open Access Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D’Urville, capitaine de vaisseau.(Paris : J. Tastu, 1830-1835., 1830) Dumont d’Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1801-1887; Lesson, A. (Adolphe), b. 1805; Quoy, Jean René Constant, 1790-1869; Gaimard, Paul, 1793-1858; Boisduval, Jean Baptiste Alphonse Chauffour de, 1799-1879; Richard, A. (Achille), 1794-1852Item Open Access Odontography, or,A treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth : their physiological relations,mode of development,and microscopic structure in the vertebrate animals(London : Bailliere, 1840-45, 1840) Owen, RichardItem Open Access Some of my bush friends in Tasmania : native flowers, berries, and insects, drawn from life, illustrated in verse, and briefly described(London : Day & Son, 1860., 1860) Meredith, Louisa Anne, 1812-1895.Item Open Access Warne’s Model housekeeper : a manual of domestic economy in all its branches(London : Frederick Warne, [1879], 1879)Warne’s Model housekeeper : a manual of domestic economy in all its branches / compiled and edited by Ross Murray ; with original illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim, and numerous woodcuts.Item Open Access An Australian birthday book / compiled by M.F. and J.B.S.(Adelaide : George Robertson, 1883 (Melbourne : Walker, May and Co., Printers), 1883)"Printed for private circulation only" - [Privately printed for the daughters of Robert Barr Smith] "This little book, a summer’s work, is dedicated to our dear mother, by Mabel and Jean" -- Dedication. With quotations for each day of the year. Illustrated with photographs of the daughters of Robert Barr Smith as the seasons, the Barr Smith family homes, and views of Adelaide.Item Open Access Warne’s model cookery : with complete instructions in household management and receipts ...(London ; New York : F. Warne, [1893?], 1893?) Jewry, Mary.Item Open Access The Australian household guide(Perth : E.S. Wigg & Son Limited, 1916, 1916) Buller-Murphy, Deborah, 1888-1965.Over 3000 recipes plus sections on most household activities including gardening and child rearing.Item Open Access Orchid Paintings(1932) Fiveash, Rosa; Rogers, Richard SandersThese paintings are scientifically accurate and painted under the direction of Dr. R.S. Rogers. Rosa Fiveash worked with R.S. Sanders for nearly 30 years, illustrating the numerous species of orchids he located and identified. The originals consist of 8 volumes. Not all paintings have been identified.Item Open Access French illuminated manuscripts(San Francisco : Printed for David Magee by the Clarendon Press, 1958) Schulz, Herbert ClarenceFrench illuminated manuscripts : with an original leaf from a miniature Book of HoursItem Open Access Good cooking(Sydney : Australian Consolidated Press, [1960], 1960) Lucas, Dione, 1909-1971."Supplement to The Australian women’s weekly."Item Open Access Recipes from famous-brand cooks([Alexandria, N.S.W. : Australian Consolidated Press, 1962 (Alexandria, N.S.W. : Conpress Printing.)], 1962)"Twelve manufactureres of famous-brand foods have supplied the recipes from their test kitchens ... Compiled by the Australian Women’s Weekly to enable the housewife to present interesting and nutritious meals to her family without having to spend many tedious hours in the kitchen."--Intro.Item Open Access William Blake’s water-colour designs for the poems of Thomas Gray(Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura : Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London ; London : Distributed by B. Quaritch, 1972., 1972) Blake, William, 1757-1827.Facsimile of a vol. in possession of Paul Mellon containing 116 designs with inlaid pages from Gray’s Poems, 1790. The designs were probably begun in 1797.