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251 results for "Libraries"

Diatom Literature

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Digitized literature, available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library Catalog and indexes to the microscopic slide collection of the Boston Society of Natural History (1854-1885) at the Farlow Herbarium Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium and Edgar...

Previous owners

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The Curious and Profitable Gardener There are several criteria by which a book can be deemed "rare" or "exceptional." It could be one of a small number printed in a certain year. It could be signed by the author. It could have a remarkable or unique...

Henrietta Page’s Sketchbook

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Danielle Castronovo, Archivist for the Botany Libraries, and Jason Karakehian, student in the Pfister Lab and Archivist for the Boston Mycological Club, recently wrote a blog for the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) about Henrietta Page’s Sketchbook of...

Incunable binding

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When and where was it bound? The binding is of the "schoolbook type," half-leather (probably calfskin) over oak boards. Thick oak boards with beveled edges, brown calfskin with pictorial blind-tooling, double cords and catch/clasp fastenings are all...

Bound in Intrigue

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Books come and go from libraries, drifting in and out of hands, across continents, and through centuries. The Harvard Botany Libraries contain books whose stories and provenance are a mystery; some of which can be strung together by notes scribbled in the...

Reproductions

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The Botany Libraries use HOLLIS Special Request to process requests. Researchers can create a Hollis Special Request account and then submit requests through Hollis or Hollis for Archival Discovery . You do not need to be affiliated with Harvard to create...

Hours

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The main reading room, located on the second floor of the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH), is open to all researchers. It is open Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm except for University holidays. Non-Harvard ID holders will need to call 617-495-2366...

Illustrations

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Manuscript copies of Ruralia Commoda were popular (over 100 copies are known), making it an excellent candidate for the new technology of printing. The editio princeps appeared in 1471: in Latin, un-illustrated, it was printed by Johann Schüssler of...

Permissions

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The depth and breadth of the collections results in the vast majority of Botany Libraries material being either in the public domain or under copyrights not controlled by the Botany Libraries or Harvard University Herbaria. Permission to Photograph...

Botanical Illustrations from the Harvard University Herbaria

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The beauty of botany and the importance of scientific accuracy come together in these original works of art in the archives of the Harvard University Herbaria. These collections overseen by the Botany Libraries date from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s...

Services

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Reference Reference assistance is available via phone, email, or in-person in the reading room. For in depth inquiries, you may want to make an appointment with the reference librarian. Email and phone inquiries will be answered as soon as possible. We...