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  • A collection of 'anti-boche' - ie. anti-German - medicine bottles, next to a scorpion about to be pulverised. Lithograph.
  • A scorpion: Buthus bengalensis. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Tityus nepulosus and Tityus hottentotta. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Ischnurus australasia and Ischnurus complanatus. Coloured engraving.
  • Three scorpions: a male and female Scorpio germanus and a variety of the species. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Androctonus eupeus and Androctonus panopeus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Tityus denticulatus and Tityus serenus. Coloured engraving.
  • A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.
  • Three false scorpions: Chelifer ixoides, Chelifer cancroides and Chelifer museorum. Coloured engraving.
  • Hindu toddy man and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A large scorpion: Ischnurus ochropus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Scorpio rufus and Scorpio concinnus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Tityus varius and Tityus arrogans. Coloured engraving.
  • A scorpion: Opistophthalmus latimanus. Coloured engraving.
  • A large scorpion: Buthus granulatus. Coloured engraving.
  • A scorpion (Scorpio afer). Coloured engraving, 1792.
  • A large scorpion: Buthus costimanus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two Shiva devotees known for extracting the poison from a scorpion's bite. Gouache drawing.
  • A woman representing astrology or philosophy. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
  • Three scorpions: a female Scorpio naupliensis and a male and female Scorpio italicus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Scorpius tauricus and Scorpius carpathicus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Tityus peloponnensis and Tityus bahiensis. Coloured engraving.
  • Three scorpions: Scorpius algericus and a variety of same and Buthus testaceus. Coloured engraving.
  • Two scorpions: Androctonus diomedes and Androctonus thessandrus. Coloured engraving.
  • Three scorpions: a male and female Scorpio massiliensis and a variety of the species. Coloured engraving.
  • A scorpion (Scorpio afer). Coloured engraving, 1792.
  • A woman representing philosophy. Etching by B. Audran the elder, c. 1700, after Raphael.
  • A large scorpion: Buthus cyaneus. Coloured engraving.
  • Scorpions and arachnids: eleven figures, including two examples enclosed in ventilated bottles. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Rifaud, 1830.