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  • A procession to St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, and the burning of Protestant books in Cambridge marketplace. Etching by G. Terry.
  • The Muse Polyhymnia seated with attributes of eloquence: a scroll, two books, and a caduceus. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1592.
  • Vishnu in his incarnation as Matsya (fish) to save the sacred books. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A boy sits on the library floor with a book on his knees and a cat scrambles over the books on the shelf. Chromoithograph.
  • Dæmonologie, in forme of a dialogve, divided into three books / Written by Iames ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
  • Dæmonologie, in forme of a dialogve, divided into three books / Written by Iames ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
  • Dæmonologie, in forme of a dialogve, divided into three books / Written by Iames ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
  • Dæmonologie, in forme of a dialogve, divided into three books / Written by Iames ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
  • Two figures read from books, one of them seated on a cane chair. A painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A grotto containing a magic circle, books and mythical creatures. Etching by J. Vezzani, 1728, after G. Rocchetti after P. Righini.
  • A foppish medical student smoking a cigarette, a tankard is on top of his medical books; denoting a cavalier attitude. Lithograph, 1854.
  • Four men, of which one on the left is standing and three are seated; with a lion and two books. Gouache painting.
  • The books of rituals compiled by Numa Pompilius being handed over to the people. Etching by G.B. Galestruzzi after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
  • Weekly memorials for the ingenious, or, An account of books lately set forth in several languages. With other accounts relating arts and sciences.
  • The biblical books of Wisdom, Sirach and Ecclesiastes: King Solomon sitting in the palace and other scenes. Etching by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Three books of occult philosophy / Written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim. Translated out of the Latin into the English by J.F[reake].
  • The interior of a pharmaceutical or chemical laboratory with a bench in the centre and books and papers on shelves around the walls. Photograph.
  • A teacher sitting on the carpet with a hookah pipe and some books teaching three children. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • 13 Dept. : books, music, musical instruments, bookbinding & foreign stamps / Army & Navy Co-operative Society, Limited, 105, Victoria St., Westminster, S.W.
  • 13 Dept. : books, music, musical instruments, bookbinding & foreign stamps / Army & Navy Co-operative Society, Limited, 105, Victoria St., Westminster, S.W.
  • The interior of a pharmaceutical or chemical laboratory with a bench in the centre and books and papers on shelves around the walls. Photograph.
  • Three books of occult philosophy / Written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim. Translated out of the Latin into the English by J.F[reake].
  • A woman sits in a high-backed chair with a book in her hand and children siting on benches with books in their hands. Engraving by Angus after T. Stothard.
  • Ration books to be kept : the Welfare Foods Service continues after rationing ends. The present ration book is proof of entitlement to cheap or free milk / Welfare Foods Service.
  • Natural magick / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books ... Wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.
  • A Chinese bookseller seated on a box in the street, reading in front of his books. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Dadley after Pu-Qua.
  • A learned physician with a library of Latin books writes a prescription but cannot save his patients from death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
  • Smiling black and white youths holding up different childrens' books; a two-sided advertisement for the Macmillan Boleswa AIDS Awareness Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996 (?).
  • Smiling black and white youths holding up different childrens' books; a two-sided advertisement for the Macmillan Boleswa AIDS Awareness Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996 (?).
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to a shelf full of books; two clerks sit beneath. Engraving by William Hogarth.