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Four school children sitting in class with the words 'A','I','D','S' spelt out in the shape of a clock; an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1st December 1993 by the UNESCO Programme of Education for the Prevention of AIDS. Colour lithograph D. Roger and A. Jonquieres.

Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.

Iac. Cornvti ... Canadensivm planatarvm, aliarúmque nondum editarum historia. Cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicvm Parisiense. Continens indicem plantarum, quae in pagis, siluis, pratis, et montosis iuxta Parisios locis nascuntur / [Jacques Philippe Cornut].

Cemetery of the Innocents in Paris. Wood engraving by F.L. Méaulle, .

Cabinet-making: designs for a sideboard. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.

Mon nouveau mec est séropo.

The sun with a smiling face and a condom with the message in French: "On holiday I forget everything except a condom"; a safe sex advertisement by the Ministère des Affaires Sociales de la Santé et de la ville, L'Europe contre le SIDA and the SIDA Info Service. Colour lithograph by L'Agence Verte.

Voici ton nouveau allié pour te faire dépister en 30 minutes! / AIDES, Croix-rouge Française, SNEG, Mairie Quatre Paris.

The AIDS red ribbon against a red background representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1st December by Mairie de Paris. Colour lithograph.

A pink heart with a green condom in front, and a message that plays on the conjugation of 'préserver' (to protect); advertising the SIDA Info Service by FTPJ. Colour lithograph.

A message in Italian and French "Hello, a pack of condoms please" with the message: "Day after day, month after month, Paris fights AIDS": an advertisement by Mairie de Paris . Colour lithograph.

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

Les médecins, astrologues, chirurgiens et lettrés à Paris pendant la guerre de cent ans : d'après la chronique de Guillebert de Mets / A. de Mets.

Description of the abattoirs of Paris / by Richard Boxall Grantham ; with an abstract of the discussion upon the paper.

The sentence of the Lieutenant -Criminal at Paris, in the extraordinary cause between Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, plaintiff; and Edward Wortley Montagu, and Theobald Taaffe, Esqrs ; Members of the Hon. House of Commons, defendants. Translated from

Les ordannances faictes et publiées a son de trompe par les carrefours de ceste ville de Paris pour éviter le dangier de peste 1531 / précédées d'une étude sur les épidemies parisiennes par le dr. Achille Chereau.

Service municipal de desinfection /  Ville de Paris. Prefecture de la Seine.

The sentence of the Lieutenant-Criminal at Paris, in the extraordinary cause between Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, plaintiff; and Edward Wortley Montagu, and Theobald Taaffe, Esqrs; Members of the Hon. House of Commons, defendants. Translated from t

Assainissement de la Seine : mise en service de l'Émissaire général des Eaux d'Égout et des Champs d'Épuration de la Ville de Paris inauguration du 8 juillet 1899 notice.

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The sentence of the Lieutenant -Criminal at Paris, in the extraordinary cause between Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, plaintiff; and Edward Wortley Montagu, and Theobald Taaffe, Esqrs ; Members of the Hon. House of Commons, defendants. Translated from

Les ordannances faictes et publiées a son de trompe par les carrefours de ceste ville de Paris pour éviter le dangier de peste 1531 / précédées d'une étude sur les épidemies parisiennes par le dr. Achille Chereau.

Service municipal de desinfection / Ville de Paris. Prefecture de la Seine.

The sentence of the Lieutenant-Criminal at Paris, in the extraordinary cause between Abraham Payba, alias James Roberts, plaintiff; and Edward Wortley Montagu, and Theobald Taaffe, Esqrs; Members of the Hon. House of Commons, defendants. Translated from t

Assainissement de la Seine : mise en service de l'Émissaire général des Eaux d'Égout et des Champs d'Épuration de la Ville de Paris inauguration du 8 juillet 1899 notice.