Natural History
A celebration of the natural world and the extraordinary nature books that have been produced over the centuries through the Natural History treasures held at Windsor Castle Library.
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Aristotle, De Animalibus
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Lycosthenes, Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon
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Carolus Clusius, Rariorum Plantarum Historia
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Robert Hooke, Micrographia
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John Evelyn, Sylva
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Maria Sybilla Merian, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
Emma Stuart, Senior Curator of Books and Manuscripts
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Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis
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Louis Renard, Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes … que l’on trouve autour des Isles Moluques, et sur les côtes des Terres Australes
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John Stuart, Botanical Tables: containing the different families of British plants
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Museum Britannicum
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Thomas Bewick, A History of British Birds
Andrew Brown, Assistant Curator of Books and Manuscripts
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Robert Thornton, Temple of Flora
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John James Audubon, The Birds of America
Andrew Brown, Assistant Curator of Books and Manuscripts
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John James Audubon, The Birds of America
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Sarah Bowdich, The Fresh-Water Fishes of Great Britain
Andrew Brown, Assistant Curator of Books and Manuscripts
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Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of HM Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years
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