[Botany illustrations in James Newton's herbal book]

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Photographs of the illustrations in a book titled "A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, & c." held by UNT Special Collections. There are four rows of the drawings with names written above each. The plants on the two pages are "Tufted Meadow, Corn, an Panick Grass" and "Wheat Rie and Oate Grass". The book is resting on a clear plastic book cradle and some of the pages are being held down by a white weighted string.

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4 photographs : col. ; 4765 x 3177 px.

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Creator: Unknown. October 3, 2014.

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Photographs of the illustrations in a book titled "A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, & c." held by UNT Special Collections. There are four rows of the drawings with names written above each. The plants on the two pages are "Tufted Meadow, Corn, an Panick Grass" and "Wheat Rie and Oate Grass". The book is resting on a clear plastic book cradle and some of the pages are being held down by a white weighted string.

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4 photographs : col. ; 4765 x 3177 px.

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This image was taken for use in the digital version of UNT Special Collections' Spring 2015 exhibit "Bureaucracy: A Love Story."

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography Collection (U0458), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • October 3, 2014

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  • March 25, 2020, 10:13 p.m.

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  • March 26, 2020, 9:45 p.m.

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[Botany illustrations in James Newton's herbal book], photograph, October 3, 2014; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633275/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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