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- Subject
- Fairy tales, Mythology, Odin (Norse deity), Gods, Norse, Mythology, Germanic, Mythology, Norse, and Eddas
- Creator
- Speight, E. E. (Ernest Edwin)
- Publisher
- London : Horace Marshall & Son
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1901
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Resource Type
- Text
- Extent
- 166 pages
- Edition
- New and Revised Edition
- Geographic Coverage
- Scandinavia
- Coordinates
- 63, 12
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Illustrations.
- Collection
- Norse Mythology Collection
- Provenance
- From the collection of Dr. Trish Baer.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books, mythology (literary genre), poetry, and fiction (general genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2022-10
- Technical Note
- Plustek flatbed book edge scanner @ 600dpi. Photoshop batch cropping, rotation, image size 4.8; digitization by KM. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Victoria, past and present : something about the advantages which the city offers, viewed from business, residential and tourist standpoints
- Subject
- City and town life, Tourism--Marketing, History, Voyages and travels, and Cities and towns
- Creator
- British Columbia Board of Trade
- Publisher
- British Columbia Board of Trade
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1901?
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Resource Type
- Still Image
- Identifier
- Call Number: FC3846.4 V57 (Special Collections)
- Extent
- 29 pages ; 15.5 x 23 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books and pamphlets
- Date Digitized
- 2008-01-23
- Technical Note
- 300 dpi tif, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by GF and KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Bibliothèque linguistique américaine, tome XXIV [24]
- Subject
- Language and languages, Language and languages--Study and teaching, Haida language, History, Tlingit language, Nuu-chah-nulth language, Tsimshian language, Education, Kwakiutl language--Study and teaching, Tlingit language--Grammar, Indigenous peoples, Kwakiutl language--Grammar, Tsimshian language--Grammar, and Kwakiutl language
- Creator
- La Grasserie, Raoul de, 1839-1914
- Contributor
- Maisonneuve, J. (editor)
- Publisher
- Paris : 6. Rue Mesieres et Rue Madame, 26, 1902
- Language
- Haida, Tlingit, French, North American Indian (Other), and Tsimshian
- Date created
- 1902
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: PM282 L3
- Extent
- 530 pages ; 25 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia
- Coordinates
- 53.99983, -125.0032
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- From the Print Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books
- Date Digitized
- 2009-10-19
- Technical Note
- 600 dpi JPEG. Metadata by KD.
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- Subject
- Irish poetry
- Creator
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
- Contributor
- Dun Emer Press and Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940
- Publisher
- Dundrum Ireland : The Dun Emer Press
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1903
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: PR5904 I6 1903
- Extent
- 63 pages ; 14.5 x 20.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53, -8
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Some text printed in red. Includes signatures. Bound in vellum with green cloth ties; title and author tooled in gold on cover; gilt edges.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- poems, poetry, printer's marks, books, colophons (parts of books), signatures (names), and plays (literary genre)
- Date Digitized
- 2024-02
- Technical Note
- Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi; color) by LG. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- 驗方新編 : 十八卷, 增訂驗方新編縮本, 選錄驗方新編, Lee Mong Kow’s Chinese Herbal Medicine Publishing Project (ca. 1900), Zeng ding Yan fang xin bian suo ben, and Xuan lu Yan fang xin bian
- Subject
- Medicine, Medicinal plants, Herbs--Therapeutic use, and Medicine, Chinese
- Contributor
- Lee, Mong Kow and 李夢九
- Publisher
- Xianggang : Dong hua yi yuan ; Guangzhou : Guang ji yi yuan ; Shanghai : Guang zhao hui guan and 香港 : 東華醫院 ; 廣州 : 廣濟醫院 ; 上海 : 廣肇會館
- Language
- Chinese
- Date created
- 1905
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: RS131.64 .B372 1905
- Extent
- 136 leaves ; 27 cm
- Edition
- Qian yin ben, xian zhuang and 鉛印本, 綫裝
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Illustrations. Fragile.
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- From the Print
- Provenance
- Gift of David Lee, 2011.
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- prescriptions, formulas (instructions), and books
- Archival Item Identifier
- Accession Number: 2011-077; Item: 1.12
- Fonds Title
- David Lee fonds
- Fonds Identifier
- AR457
- Is Referenced By
- Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/david-lee-fonds
- Date Digitized
- 2025-04/2025-05
- Technical Note
- Digitized using the CANON DSLR (auto settings, Camera RAW files, 72 PPI) on the copy stand. Item was rested in an acrylic cradle and where necessary, pages held open with mylar strip. Item is fragile and tightly bound; many pages are difficult to read near the inner...
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- Subject
- Transcendentalism, Transcendentalism in art, Transcendental logic, Philosophy, Self-reliance, and Friendship
- Creator
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Contributor
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881, Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922, Doves Press, and Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
- Publisher
- Hammersmith London, England : Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1906
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- lanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 5476, Special Collections Call Number: PS1608 A2 1906, and Tidcombe, M. Doves Press, DP8
- Extent
- 311 pages ; 24 x 17 cm
- Additional Physical Characteristics
- Flexible vellum binding, with some warping. Stamp "The Doves Press" on bottom inside back cover. Small bookplate "Marion C. Walker, her book." Initials printed in red throughout along with names of characters (pages 212-214). Enclosure: order form for...
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Book Arts Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- essays and books
- Date Digitized
- 2023-12
- Technical Note
- Scanned on PLUSTEKOptickbook A300 at 600 dpi, no color correction by PD. Most images straightened after scanning, when cropped and resized for Vault. In various places throughout, the ribbon used for binding is visible in the inner margins. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Picturesque Victoria. B.C.
- Subject
- History, Tourism--Marketing, and Cities and towns
- Publisher
- T.N. Hibben & Co.
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1907?
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- Call Number: FC3846.37 P53 (Special Collections)
- Extent
- 28 pages ; 30.5 x 24 cm
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection
- Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- pamphlets and books
- Date Digitized
- 2008-01-23
- Technical Note
- 300 dpi tif, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by KD.
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- Alternative Title
- Picturesque Victoria, B.C.
- Subject
- Cities and towns, City and town life, Landscapes, and Pictorial works
- Publisher
- T. N. Hibben & Co.
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1908?
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- GVPL Call Number: 917.11 PIC
- Extent
- 24 leaves (some folded) ; 20 x 28 cm.
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- depictions (visual works) and books
- Date Digitized
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
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- Subject
- Gazetteers, Geography, History, Historical geography, British Columbia--Pacific Coast, Names, Geographical, and Local history
- Creator
- Walbran, John T., 1848-1913
- Publisher
- Ottawa : Government Printing Bureau
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1909
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- GVPL Call Number: 917.11 WAL
- Extent
- xvi, 546 p., [22] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm.
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia
- Coordinates
- 53.99983, -125.0032
- Chronological Coverage
- 1592/1906
- Physical Repository
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- gazetteers (dictionaries) and books
- Date Digitized
- 2014-02-28
- Technical Note
- Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
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- Subject
- Agriculture--Economic aspects, Agriculture, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and Economic history--Economic conditions
- Creator
- Vancouver Island Fruit Lands, Ltd.
- Contributor
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Publisher
- J.J. Keliher [printer]
- Language
- English
- Date created
- 1910
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- Resource Type
- Text
- Identifier
- GVPL Call Number: 630.9711 V223F
- Extent
- [ca. 75 p.] : ill., map [folded].
- Geographic Coverage
- British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Coordinates
- 49.65064, -125.44939 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Collection
- Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
- Provenance
- Greater Victoria Public Library
- Provider
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre
- books
- Date Digitized
- 2012-03-28
- Technical Note
- Digitized by JF, image modified by JF, technical metadata provided by KM, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.