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  • Beiträge zur fauna Norwegens / von Heinrich Rathke

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    1843
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  • Gun flint (Image withheld, pending review)

    Date created
    AD 1675-1880
  • Trade catalogs from Luther Bros. Co.

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    1800s-1900s
  • James Bradish WhitneyTufts, (painting)

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    Ca. 1840 (?)
  • The useful arts, considered in connexion with the applications of science: with numerous engravings. By Jacob Bigelow ..

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    1840
  • Trade catalogs from Chapin Pneumatic Iron Co.

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    1800s
  • Illustrations of baptismal fonts. With an introduction by F. A. Paley

    Date
    1844
  • The Vow, (painting)

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    1839-41
  • Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa / by Charles John Andersson ; with an introductory letter by John Charles Fremont ; with numerous illustrations, representing sporting adventures, subjects of natural history, devices for destroying wild animals, etc

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    1857
    19th century
  • Girl with a Dog

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    c. 1852

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