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A Selection of Books & Periodicals

Various, 1635–1874

John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester

11 titles, 16 volumes. Collection comprises: 1) George Perry 'Conchology or the Natural History of Shells', 1811; 2) George Catlin 'Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio', 1844 (2 volumes); 3) Jean Froissart ' The Chronicles of England', 1874 (2 volumes); 4) Thomas Daniell 'Oriental Scenery', 1795; 5) Richard Morris 'Flora', 1826; Pierre Redouté 'Les Liliacées', 1802 (5 volumes); 6) Pliny the Elder 'The Historie of the World', 1635 (2 volumes in 1); 7) Thomas Daniell 'Oriental Scenery', 1797 (2 volumes in 1); 8) Thomas Daniell 'Antiquities of India', 1800; 9) Thomas Daniell 'Hindoo Excavations', 1803; 10) Thomas Daniell 'Oriental Scenery', 1801.

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Title of artwork, date

A Selection of Books & Periodicals, 1635–1874

Date supported

1959

Dimensions

Various

Gifted by

Susanna Shaxby Payne

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