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  • The byrth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke : Newly set furth, corrected and augmented. Whose co[n]tentes ye maye rede in the table of the booke, and most playnly in the prologue / By Thomas Raynold phisition.
  • A clothed man riding a saddled horse. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Engraving by L. Vorsterman, 162-, after H. Holbein.
  • A woman with some flowers; representing the sense of smell. Engraving, 16--.
  • Three hearts under one crown, representing the three princes of Great Britain: Prince Henry, Prince Charles (the later King Charles I) and Princess Elizabeth). Engraving by L. Gaultier, 1612.
  • A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
  • Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim [Paracelsus]. Line engraving by J. Payne after Q. Metsys.
  • Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim [Paracelsus]. Line engraving by J. Payne after Q. Metsys.
  • A woman sitting at an organ; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving, 16--.
  • Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Line engraving by W. Marshall after J. Payne or P. van Sompel after P.P. Rubens.
  • Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Line engraving by W. Marshall after J. Payne or P. van Sompel after P.P. Rubens.
  • Stoicism: above, the suicide of Seneca; middle, Zeno and Chrysippus; below, the suicides of Socrates and Cato. Engraving by W. Hole, ca. 1614.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo. Engraving by W. Marshall, 16--.
  • The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • Navigation: the engraved titlepage to the Mariners Magazine. Engraving by T. Cross 1669 [after S. Sturmy?].
  • Rome: ruins of ancient sepulchre and aqueduct. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1750.
  • The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
  • Jean de Renou: his portrait, and the subjects of his book on pharmacy; centre, Galen and Hippocrates holding a lion skin; below, Richard Tomlinson. Engraving by T. Cross, 1657.
  • The Aqua Virgo aqueduct, taking water from the Alban hills to the centre of the Rome: elevation and plan of the aqueduct, and details of the lead piping. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1762.
  • Hildegard von Bingen. Line engraving by W. Marshall.
  • Hildegard von Bingen. Line engraving by W. Marshall.
  • Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by W. Marshall, 1642.
  • Lazare Rivière, Nicolas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. Engraving by T. Cross, 1678.
  • Death as king shows a mirror to mankind. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
  • King Charles I. Engraving by W. Marshall, 1649.
  • King Charles I. Engraving by W. Marshall, 1649.
  • Eva Vliegen, a woman who lived off the smell of flowers. Drawing after B. Flessiers.
  • John Caius. Line engraving by W. and /or M. van der Passe, 1620.
  • John Caius. Line engraving by W. and /or M. van der Passe, 1620.