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  • Anatomical exercitations, concerning the generation of living creatures: to which are added particular discourses, of births, and of conceptions, etc / By William Harvey.
  • Anatomical exercitations, concerning the generation of living creatures: to which are added particular discourses, of births, and of conceptions, etc / By William Harvey.
  • Anatomical exercitations, concerning the generation of living creatures: to which are added particular discourses, of births, and of conceptions, etc / By William Harvey.
  • The Crystal Palace from the Great Exhibition, installed at Sydenham: sculptures of prehistoric creatures in the foreground. Colour Baxter-process print by G. Baxter, 1864(?).
  • A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..
  • A frightened horse leaps through a cascading stream to escape from two wolves (?), within a border depicting mermaids, fish and other aquatic creatures. Lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • A pair of fabulous creatures, human in appearance but with no necks and with black and white patterns over their bodies. Gouache painting by an Persian artist, ca. 1600(?).
  • A man holds a scythe as winged creatures fly above him, three figures approach on a horse, and another figure approaches from the left with a scroll. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.
  • Société Zoologique de France: the zoologist Charles Schlumberger looking at sea-creatures through a stethoscope, with Jules Richard as a sailor looking on, illustrating the menu of the society's dinner. Line block by J.T.C., 1903.
  • Pipe, argillite shale, very fine carving with intricately interlacing totemic figures of animals and supernatural creatures. Collected by the late Mr. George Roberts of Hudson's bay company. Haida Indians, North West Coast of America, Queen Charlotte Islands.
  • A safe sex fiesta in Pamplona featuring numerous cavorting couples, some holding condoms including a bishop who appears to float on a cloud from which fly bat-like creatures; issued by the Comision Ciudadana Anti-SIDA de Navarra. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A naked figure sits hugging a purple cushion on which a bird stands; within a line drawn heart edged with devilish creatures; an advertisement for the National Program for the Rights of the Child and Adolescent by the Ministerio de Cultura y Educación de la Nación. Colour lithograph by S (?) Kerm, ca. 1996.
  • Memoirs for a natural history of animals. Containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild [!] ... To which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy, and Englished by Richard Waller.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. These parapods are covered with bristles called chaete and are used for crawling and swimming, these structures are clearly shown in this image. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • F. Ruysch, Thesaurus Anatomicus.
  • A Lamia
  • Bloodletting chart, Tibet
  • Histoires Prodigieuses; the Monster of Cracow
  • Healthy adult human brain viewed from the side, deep dream
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • A despondent winged woman holding a geometrical instrument surrounded by attributes associated with knowledge; representing melancholia. Heliogravure attributed to C. Amand-Durand, 18--, after A. Dürer, 1514.
  • A deformed victim of drug addiction and AIDS. Colour lithograph after R. Vlachová, 1994.
  • Rev. F. O. Morris, All the article of the Da
  • Alabastron, Corinthian, 6th century B.C.
  • Alabastron, Corinthian, 6th century B.C.
  • The head of Apollo, his physiognomy having metamorphosed from that of a frog. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Two physicians are reconciled by another, overseen by a duck-like parody of the Holy Ghost. Lithograph by F.E. Regamey after himself.