Notable Women in Natural History (selected works)

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Some of the firsts in their fields, this selection of works features women who have made significant contributions to the historic literature of Botany and Zoology.


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    Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java

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    By: Nooten, Berthe Hoola van. - Depannemaeker, P. - Muquardt, C.Publication Details: Bruxelles, C. Muquardt, [1880]Contributed By: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library

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    Flora's dictionary

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    By: Wirt, E. W. (Elizabeth Washington), 1784-1857Publication Details: Baltimore, Lucas brothers, c1855Contributed By: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library

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    Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions, 1

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    Volume: 1By: Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889Publication Details: London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868Contributed By: University Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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    Polycystins, figures of remarkable forms &c. in the Barbados chalk deposit (chiefly collected by Dr. Davy, and noticed in a lecture delivered to the Agricultural Society of Barbados, in July, 1846)

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    By: Bury, Priscilla Susan, 1799-1872 - Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), 1825-1914Publication Details: London, W. Wheldon, [ca. 1869]Contributed By: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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    Voyage autour du monde

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    By: Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811Publication Details: Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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    A popular flora of Denver, Colorado

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    By: Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953Publication Details: San Francisco, Zoe Publishing Company, [1893]Contributed By: University of California Libraries (archive.org)

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    A revision of the South American Nematognathi or cat-fishes

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    By: Eigenmann, Carl H., 1863-1927 - Eigenmann, Rosa Smith, 1858-1947Publication Details: San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1890Contributed By: University of California Libraries (archive.org)

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    Colour in the flower garden

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    By: Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932Publication Details: [London], "Country life," ltd. [etc.], 1908Contributed By: Harold B. Lee Library (archive.org)

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    Loudon's encyclopaedia of plants

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    By: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 - Don, George, 1798-1856 - Loudon, Mrs. (Jane) 1807-1858 - Wooster, David, (Botanist)Publication Details: London, Longmans, Green, 1866Contributed By: NCSU Libraries (archive.org)

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    Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium

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    By: Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717Publication Details: Amsterdam, Voor den auteur, als ook by G. Valck, [1705]Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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    Notes and descriptions of a few injurious farm & fruit insects of South Africa

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    By: Ormerod, Eleanor A. (Eleanor Anne), 1828-1901 - Janson, Oliver E. (Oliver Erichson), 1851-1927Publication Details: London, England, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1889Contributed By: University of California Libraries (archive.org)

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    The Brachyura, v.35:no.2 (1907)

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    Volume: v.35:no.2 (1907)By: Rathbun, Mary Jane, 1860-1943Publication Details: Cambridge, U.S.A, Printed for the Museum, 1907Contributed By: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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    The North American species of Panicum

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    By: Hitchcock, A. S. (Albert Spear), 1865-1935 - Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963Publication Details: Washington, Govt. Print. Off, 1910Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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    The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala

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    By: Bateman, Jas. (James), 1811-1897 - Drake, Sarah Ann 1803-1857 , illustrator - Withers, Augusta Innes 1792-1877 , illustratorPublication Details: London, Ridgway, [1837-1843]Contributed By: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library

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    The seed plants, ferns, and fern allies of the Austin Region

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    By: Young, Mary Sophie, 1919Publication Details: Austin, Tex, The University, [1920]Contributed By: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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    A curious herbal, v.1 (1737)

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    Volume: v.1 (1737)By: Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1707-1758 - Harding, Samuel, active 1722-1755 - John Nourse.Publication Details: London, Printed for Samuel Harding, 1737-1739Contributed By: Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library

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    A guide to the trees

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    By: Lounsberry, Alice, 1872-1949 - Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922Publication Details: New York F.A. Stokes [c1900]Contributed By: NCSU Libraries (archive.org)

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    Birdcraft, [1903 printing]

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    Volume: [1903 printing]By: Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934 - Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927Publication Details: New York, Macmillan Co, c1897Contributed By: American Museum of Natural History Library

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    Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History), v.1

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    Volume: v.1By: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology. - Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941 - Stopes, Marie Carmichael, 1880-1958Publication Details: London, Trustees of the B.M, 1894-1915Contributed By: University of Toronto - Robarts Library

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    Drawings illustrating the Lowell Lectures on comparative embryology

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    By: Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 , Twelve lectures on comparative embryology. - Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 - Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907Publication Details: [ca. 1849]Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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    Handbook of birds of the western United States

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    By: Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948Publication Details: Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1902Contributed By: MBLWHOI Library

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    Insect life

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    By: Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931 - Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930Publication Details: New York, D.Appleton and Company, 1897Contributed By: MBLWHOI Library

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    On the instincts and habits of the solitary wasps

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    By: Peckham, George W. (George Williams), 1845-1914 - Peckham, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gifford), 1854-1940Publication Details: Madison, Wis, Published by the state, 1898Contributed By: Smithsonian Libraries

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    Southern wild flowers and trees

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    By: Lounsberry, Alice, 1872-1949 - Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922Publication Details: New York, F.A. Stokes Co, [1901]Contributed By: NCSU Libraries (archive.org)

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    The lateral line system of Batrachus tau

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    By: Clapp, Cornelia M.Publication Details: [n.p.], 1899Contributed By: Library of Congress

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    Wild plants needing protection

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    By: Britton, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gertrude), 1858-1934Publication Details: New York, New York Botanical Garden, 1912-[1929]Contributed By: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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