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  • A queen sits on a throne in ornate surroundings, below is an inscription to the wedding of Nicolaas de Vicq and Maria Jacoba van Reit. Etching with engraving by L. Scherm, c. 1701, after J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet.
  • Small winged boys are flying around a large petticoat with an inscription under a bishop's mitre, rod and cross and a temporal crown with sword and sceptre: representing the Three Grand Temptations: Spiritual Pride, Temporal Power and Earthly Love. Coloured engraving.
  • Portrait of Henry Lee, F.R.C.S. Copy of photograph lent by and returned to Miss M. Byse, Henry Lee's grand-daughter. Inscription on back of photograph, "Copied by Alfred Ellis & Walery, 51 Baker Street, London , W. No. 27622"
  • Hermippus redivivus, or, the sage's triumph over old age and the grave. Wherein, a method is laid down for prolonging the life and vigour of man. Including, a commentary upon an antient inscription, in which this great secret is revealed; supported by numerous authorities. The whole interspersed with a great variety of remarkable, and well-attested relations / [Anon].
  • Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V, quibus continentur variae relationes, observationes et descriptiones rerum Persicarum et ulterioris Asiae, multâ attentione / in peregrinationibus per universum Orientem, collectae. Ab auctore Engelberto Kaempfero, D.
  • Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V, quibus continentur variae relationes, observationes et descriptiones rerum Persicarum et ulterioris Asiae, multâ attentione / in peregrinationibus per universum Orientem, collectae. Ab auctore Engelberto Kaempfero, D.
  • Cyprus : its ancient cities, tombs, and temples a narrative of researches and excavations during ten years' residence as American consul in that island / by Louis Palma di Cesnola.
  • A bell-founder with his stock of bells, mortars, braziers etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • The code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C : autographed text, transliteration, translation, glossary, index of subjects, lists of proper names, signs, numerals, corrections and erasures, with map, frontispiece and photograph of text / by Robert Francis Harper.
  • The code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C : autographed text, transliteration, translation, glossary, index of subjects, lists of proper names, signs, numerals, corrections and erasures, with map, frontispiece and photograph of text / by Robert Francis Harper.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.
  • An ornate sepulchre bearing an inscribed epitaph to Mr. Jacob Boreel. Etching with engraving by J. Goeree, c. 1697, after S. Schynvoet.
  • An ornate vase on a large and elaborate pedestal bearing an epitaph to Christoffel van Brants. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Amoy, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Anthony Goodwin. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1819, after J. Rawlinson.
  • A camel whose body is composed of copulating humans. Gouache painting.
  • A camel whose body is composed of copulating humans. Gouache painting.
  • Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Golden Temple, Amritsar. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Golden Temple, Amritsar. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Sikh ascetics misbehaving: preparing drugs, slothfulness, begging, teaching the young wrong ways. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Court of Yama, God of Death. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Durga riding on a tiger in triumph with Karthikeya and Hanuman. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Guru Gobind Singh mixing nectar for his disciples at the birth of Khalsa. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Forms of misbehaviour, drunkeness, debauchery, and violence among Sikhs. Coloured transfer lithograph.