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Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

The figure of a woman divided in two parts: half skeleton, half lady of fashion, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical quotations. Etching, 17--, attributed to V. Green.

A man in leggings sits looking at a book on the floor advertising L'Androgyne, an organisation dedicated to gay and lesbian literature in Montréal, Quebec. Lithograph.

La perfection de l'homme selon Galien / Vincent Barras et Terpsi Birchler.

The new annual register, or general repository of history, politics, and literature, for the year 1785. To which is prefixed, a short review of the state of knowledge, literature, and taste, in this country, from the accession of Henry the Fourth, to the accession of Henry the Seventh.

The elimination of morality : reflections on utilitarianism and bioethics / Anne Maclean.

Humanizing medicine through literary medical eponyms / Alvin E. Rodin, Jack D. Key.

Le texte à l'épreuve de la folie et de la litterature / Marc Décimo, Tanka G. Tremblay.

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La perfection de l'homme selon Galien / Vincent Barras et Terpsi Birchler.

The new annual register, or general repository of history, politics, and literature, for the year 1785. To which is prefixed, a short review of the state of knowledge, literature, and taste, in this country, from the accession of Henry the Fourth, to the accession of Henry the Seventh.

The elimination of morality : reflections on utilitarianism and bioethics / Anne Maclean.

Humanizing medicine through literary medical eponyms / Alvin E. Rodin, Jack D. Key.

Le texte à l'épreuve de la folie et de la litterature / Marc Décimo, Tanka G. Tremblay.