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Collections from the Fellows' Library and Archives, at Jesus College Oxford
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BOTANICAL BOOKS
Rare and wonderful books on the theme of botany, from the Fellows' Library collections.
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Captions by Grace Exley
The famous enlightenment philosopher, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, was an accomplished and enthusiastic botanist...
One of the very few books in the Fellows' Library to have had its title page inscribed by a female owner...
Inside the pages of this 17th century field guide...
A book once owned by Herbert of Cherbury...
An 18th century book full of fascinating engravings...
An 18th century book of beautiful, hand-coloured, large engravings of flowering plants...
