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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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18th century
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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bookplate
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botanical illustration
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drawings (visual works)
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map
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ornithological illustration
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portrait
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travel literature
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Bookplates -- Great Britain.
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East India Company -- Officials and employees.
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England -- Description and travel.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819 -- Correspondence.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819 -- Travel.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819. Descriptive letters and drawings.
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819. Oriental memoirs.
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India -- Description and travel.
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Italy -- Description and travel.
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Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810–1870 -- Ownership.
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Montalembert, Eliza Rosée, comtesse de, -1839 -- Ownership.
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Montalembert, Eliza Rosée, comtesse de, -1839.
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Oscott College -- Ownership.
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Scotland -- Description and travel.
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Wales -- Description and travel.
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England
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Great Britain
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India
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Italy
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Scotland
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Wales
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Montalembert, Eliza Rosée, comtesse de, -1839
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Exhibition History
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
James Forbes archive
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Album of English bookplates
approximately 1700-1950?