Subjects - Alpine flora

History of the Plants of Switzerland

Vellum bound 1769 copy of Haller’s History of the Plants of Switzerland, in Latin and containing detailed annotations in the front and back covers and throughout. (Box 1)

Reference code

GB235 BLT/BLT 3/BLT 3/1

Date(s)

  • 1769 (Creation)

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Thomas Blaikie collection

The collection dates between 1769 and c2003 and comprises: - 3 notebooks including financial records, language studies and diaries; - 17 pieces of correspondence and handwritten notes; - a printed compendium of Swiss flora; - a copy of John Bunyan...

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GB235 BLT

Date(s)

  • 1769 - 1890 (Creation)
  • 1769 - 2018 (Accumulation)

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Thomas Blaikie diary 1775-1781

Diary covering the period 1775 to 1781 including an account of a collecting trip in the Swiss Alps and a list of plants collected and sent to Fothergill and Pitcairn from Bourdigny in November 1775. The first page has been cut out. Contains a loo...

Reference code

GB235 BLT/BLT 1/BLT 1/1

Date(s)

  • 1775 - 1781 (Creation)

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Thomas Blaikie textbooks

Two textbooks - Haller's 'History of the Plants of Switzerland' published in 1769 and Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress' published in 1775. Both include some degree of annotation or inscription.

Reference code

GB235 BLT/BLT 3

Date(s)

  • 1769 - 1775 (Creation)

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