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Room where Frederick Mockler's collection of Jenneriana was displayed; parts of which are seen on the walls and on the central table. Photograph.

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Henry Constantine Jennings, an eccentric collector. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

A philosopher and virtuoso seated in an armchair: dissatisfied with his accomplishments, he points to the need for charity to the poor. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1774, after J.E. Schenau, 1773.

A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

74 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm.

Historical hobbies for the pharmacist / Gregory J. Higby, Elaine C. Stroud, eds.

Notes from a collector's catalogue : with a bibliography of English cookery books / by A.W. Oxford.

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 29.1 x 34.5 cm

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A handy-book to the collection and preparation of freshwater and marine algae, diatoms, desmids, fungi, lichens, mosses and other of the lower crytogamia with instructions for the formation of an herbarium / translated and edited by the Rev. W.W. Spicer.

Historical hobbies for the pharmacist / Gregory J. Higby, Elaine C. Stroud, eds.

Notes from a collector's catalogue : with a bibliography of English cookery books / by A.W. Oxford.

Room where Frederick Mockler's collection of Jenneriana was displayed; parts of which are seen on the walls and on the central table. Photograph.

Henry Constantine Jennings, an eccentric collector. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.