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  • Joseph Jackson Lister: Journal of a tour of the Continent
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.
  • Jambūdvīpa, the central continent of the middle world in Jain cosmology. Watercolour.
  • Tours and excursions on the continent : selected from the diaries of Thomas Fitzpatrick / [Thomas Fitzpatrick].
  • People and scenery representing the continent of Africa. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.
  • An Inca priest makes a sacrifice to the sun; representing the continent of America. Stipple engraving by J.D. Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.
  • Field Marshal Tom Thumb : previously to his departure for the Continent, will be happy to accept an engagement for a few nights, or will attend private soirees ...
  • Example of the first type of Boyle's air-pump, made on the continent. Marked with a French lily and a little vase. Perhaps made in France. In the Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis der Natur weten schappen at Leyden.
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • Three women and five men gathered in a room which opens up to classical architecture, the group on the left is making music while the others are engaged in conversation; representing the continent of Europe. Stipple engraving by Nargeot after C.A. Chasselat.
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • The gigantic giraffe or camelopard, the gensbok, or ibex of the Egyptians, the bontibok, and the gazelle : neither of which were ever before brought to the continent of America, and but barely seen in any part of the civilized world ...
  • Reality versus romance in South Central Africa : An account of a journey across the continent from Benguella on the West, through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, the Kalihari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, the Shire Highlands, to the mouth of the Zambesi on the East Coast / [James Johnston].
  • Reality versus romance in South Central Africa : An account of a journey across the continent from Benguella on the West, through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, the Kalihari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, the Shire Highlands, to the mouth of the Zambesi on the East Coast / [James Johnston].
  • Reality versus romance in South Central Africa : An account of a journey across the continent from Benguella on the West, through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, the Kalihari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, the Shire Highlands, to the mouth of the Zambesi on the East Coast / [James Johnston].
  • Mallevs maleficarvm, maleficas et earvm hæresim frameā conterens, ex variis avctoribvs compilatvs. Et in quatuor tomos iusté distributus, qvorvm dvo priores vanas dæmonvm versutias, præstigiosas eorum delusiones, superstitiosas strigimagarum cæremonias, horrendos etiam cum illis congressus; exactam denique tam pestiferæ sectæ disquisitionem, & punitionem complectuntur. Tertius praxim exorcistarum ad dæmonum, & strigimagarum maleficia de Christi fidelibus pellenda; quartus verò artem doctrinalem, benedictionalem, & exorcismalem continent ... / [Heinrich Institoris].
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): the celebration of her Sacred Heart. Engraving by G. Petrini after J. Olivieri.
  • A woman in a feathered headdress and carrying a bow, is quelling a dark-skinned man; representing America. Etching by T. Hancock, 1805.
  • Design for the laying out of the grounds of the Royal Botanic Society.
  • Two rows of coloured condoms resembling the Olympic logo; advertisement for safer sex by the Terrence Higgins Trust for those affected by HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • Protea cyanoides L. Proteaceae King Protea Distribution
  • Potentilla thurberi 'Monarch's Velvet'
  • Pet parrot on a perch. Watercolour drawing.
  • Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Par Al. de Humboldt. [Atlas pittoresque].
  • Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Par Al. de Humboldt. [Atlas pittoresque].
  • Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Par Al. de Humboldt. [Atlas pittoresque].