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It was not uncommon for technical works such as Bakker’s Osteographia piscium (1822) to be issued with a large atlas of plates and a small volume of explanatory text. Over time, it is not uncommon for plate and text volumes to become separated.…

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This close-up of the inscription found within Richardson’s Notice of the Fishes is addressed to “Dr. Greville.” This Dr. Greville is likely Robert Kaye Greville (1794–1866), an English natural historian who specialized in mycology and botany.…

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Codex. 37 x 38 cm.
N 7433.4 V432 A6 I35 1994 folio

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Ass being led out of building to head Freshie Parade

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The ornate interior of the new Catholic church at Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories, as decorated by Father Emile Petitot. It was affiliated with the local Catholic Mission. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

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A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, opened to show the interior. Stiff cardboard dividers separate individual slides.

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A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, opened and displayed with its contents. The box is lined with flocking and divided into three compartments. Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes lay in the lid, while cardboard dividers occupy…

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Miriam Green Ellis' journal, opened to show two pages with photographs pasted in. The short entries cover a period of about a month, spanning July and August.

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