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Bookbinding: large and small book presses, and their constituent parts. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.

Christ's Hospital, London: one of the boys standing beside a table, his hand on some books, the exterior of the New Hall behind. Colour lithograph after J. Cristall.

A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A scholar sits in his study reading by a globe. Line engraving by G. Longhi after J. Swebach-Desfontaines after S. Koninck.

Matthias Schenck, aged 24, wearing a sword and holding a book in his right hand. Line engraving.

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: interior of the library showing study areas. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after F. Mackenzie.

Personifications of medicine, pharmacy and surgery. Oil painting after (?) Nicolas de Larmessin II.

A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.

The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 35.2 x 24.6 cm

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

1 print : line engraving ; image 18.2 x 13.1 cm

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view. Line engraving by G. Hollis after J.C. Buckler.

Useful reference series

1 volume : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Literary annuals and gift books : a bibliography 1823-1903 / Frederick W. Faxon ; reprinted with supplementary essays by Eleanore Jamieson & Iain Bain.

<p>The devil representing the medical practitioner holds out his hands for money. On the left, the old man cured of his illness makes a gesture indicating his inability to pay; in the foreground, medical books, leaves of a medicinal plant and a bandage (?). On the right, in the background the man cured of a wound tells the surgeon to be off; in the foreground, surgical instruments including a saw</p>

1 print : engraving ; platemark 29.8 x 37 cm

The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view with key. Line engraving.

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The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view. Line engraving by G. Hollis after J.C. Buckler.

Literary annuals and gift books : a bibliography 1823-1903 / Frederick W. Faxon ; reprinted with supplementary essays by Eleanore Jamieson & Iain Bain.

The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view with key. Line engraving.

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The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view. Line engraving by G. Hollis after J.C. Buckler.

Literary annuals and gift books : a bibliography 1823-1903 / Frederick W. Faxon ; reprinted with supplementary essays by Eleanore Jamieson & Iain Bain.

The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Engraving by Johann Gelle after E. van Panderen.

Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view with key. Line engraving.

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