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    The First set of Madrigals & Mottets of 5 parts apt for Viols & Voyces...1612

    Manuscripts

    A bound manuscript of a musical score, with words, composed by Orlando Gibbons; with printed portrait of Gibbons mounted on fly-leaf. The manuscript breaks off in the thirteeth piece and was probably wirtten in the 18th century; bound in brown calf.

    mssHM 3063

  • Sunniland Florida celery

    Sunniland Florida celery

    Visual Materials

    Image of a celery label for Sunniland brand Florida celery grown by Chase & Company of Sanford, Florida; celery and a map of the state of Florida flank a background image of farm fields with a rising sun.

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    John and Florence Van Loageos travel diaries

    Manuscripts

    The two diaries document the Van Loageos' trip through the United States, Canada, and some of Europe. One is written by John Van Loageos and the other is written by Florence Loageos. The diaries cover, in detail, the people the authors meet on their trip (with specific commentary on the poverty they see), various tourist destinations, and the couple's daily activities. In his diary, John Van Loageos uses a racial slur to refer to a couple he meets in Florida.

    mssHM 84092

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    Famous Florida recipes : 300 years of good eating

    Rare Books

    An assortment of recipes from all regions of Florida, some dating back to the state's earliest times, representing many ethnic cuisines like Creole, Latin, Jewish, and Bahamian, Spanish, Southern, Greek, and the Seminole Indians.

    640790

  • Map of the Charleston & Savannah RY. Savannah, Florida & Western RY. South Florida R.R. and all the routes operated by the peoples line of steamers known as the "plant system."

    Map of the Charleston & Savannah RY. Savannah, Florida & Western RY. South Florida R.R. and all the routes operated by the peoples line of steamers known as the "plant system."

    Visual Materials

    Image of a map of parts of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida showing the routes of the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway and connecting lines; map verso contains panels with promotional descriptions and timetables and the fold-up map cover has an image of a crocodile wearing a suit jacket and polar bear wearing a monocle shaking hands on a beach with a train in the background.

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  • Lady Elizabeth Parker Fane botanical album 1765-1767

    Lady Elizabeth Parker Fane botanical album 1765-1767

    Manuscripts

    A botanical album created by Lady Elizabeth Parker Fane; she started painting the illustrations in this album in 1765 which means she was just 14 years old when she began. Flower painting had become a fashionable occupation for the wives and daughters of the great houses of England and Elizabeth Parker Fane achieved exceptional ability under the tutelage of Georg Ehret. The album contains 25 watercolor and gouache paintings on parchment; depicted are both sides of the plant's leaves and also shown are more than one reproductive stage for each specimen: with the early formation of the blossom, the growing petals, and the full expression of the flower. The images in the album depict numerous plant specimens, sometimes with butterflies and other insects, most likely local to the Macclesfield estate, Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire. Only a small number of the paintings contain titles, though a few are dated by the artist. The 25 paintings are laid into the volume and the remaining pages are blank. The album is bound in a contemporary, richly gilt morocco wallet binding, with a green silk chemise to wrap top and lower edges; the binding was done by an unidentified binder. The album has a lock and key fastening, though the lock has been deactivated, the key is kept with the companion volume mssHM 84100.

    mssHM 84101