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  • Io. Batis. Portae Neap. De humana physiognomia li. VI. In quibus docetur quom. animi propentes naturalibus remediis compesci possint / [Giambattista della Porta].
  • François Doublet. Stipple engraving by B. Roger, 1809, after C. N. Cochin, junior, 1787.
  • Baths of Caracalla, Rome: the water heating system. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.
  • Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Edible fungi: 19 species, including horse and field mushrooms (Agaricus), morels (Morchella and Helvella) and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
  • Children playing a game with one of them being pulled along on a baby-walker with ribbons. Etching by N. Larmessin, 1735, after N. Lancret.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Etching by Orazio Farinati after P. Farinati.
  • Fifteen professors at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Colour process print after C. Miksch, 1923.
  • Darwin and modern science : essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the Origin of species / edited for the Cambridge Philosophical society and the syndics of the University press, by A.C. Seward.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he holds up before a heretic woman the Host in which Christ crucified appears. Engraving by F. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by J. Boulanger after G. Reni.
  • Adam and Eve conceal their nakedness; in the distance they receive clothes from God. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • Incipit clarificatoriu[m] ioha[n]nis de tornamira super nono alma[n]soris cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis.
  • A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.
  • A tilt-yard with tiered stands, designed according to the specification of Philip the Fair in 1306. Engraving by Guayté (A.J. Gaitte?), 1780, after J.D. Dugourc.
  • Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.
  • Fungi: twenty species, including the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Boletus and Agaricus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.
  • A woman and a boy are looking at prints with the aid of a lens and mirror; an antique urn and a guitar in the background. Coloured stipple print by J.F. Cazenave after L.L. Boilly, ca. 1793.
  • The gluteus muscles of the left side of the body. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Empedocles. Line engraving attributed to H. David after C. Vignon.
  • Pythagoras. Engraving attributed to H. David after C. Vignon.
  • Poisonous fungi: 24 species, including Agaricus, Hypophyllum and Amanita species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.