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  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • The ages of man represented as a step scheme. Reproduction of an engraving by C. Bertelli.
  • The forge of Vulcan: he sits by the forge as his assistants work on iron at the anvil. Engraving by Georges Reverdy.
  • De arte medica infantium aphorismorum particulae tres / [Ognibene Ferrari].
  • Lodoici Vassaei Catalaunensis, In anatomen corporis humani tabulae quatuor / [Loys Vasse].
  • I secreti de la signora Isabella Cortese ne' quali si contengono cose minerali, medicinali, arteficiose, et alchimiche, et molte de l'arte profumatoria. Appartenenti a ogni gran signora, con privilegio / [Isabella Cortese].
  • The finial of the Turkish standard inscribed with Muslim tenets. Etching attributed to G.F. Camocio, ca. 1572.
  • Historia absinthii umbelliferi / [Nicolao Clavena].
  • Cistus incanus ssp creticus Juss. Cistaceae. Rock Rose. Distribution: Crete. Interesting symbiosis with fungus called Tuber melanosporum which increases nutrient absorption for the plant and inhibits growth of other plants in the vicinity. It is a source of the resin ‘labdanum’ (a.k.a. ‘ladanum’) used in perfumes (similar smell to ambergris), as is Cistus ladanifer. It has no medical uses now, and such use was dwindling even in the 18th century. In the 16th century (Henry Lyte’s 1575 translation of Rembert Dodoen’s Cruydeboeck of 1554) its uses were described (directly copied from Dioscorides’ Materia Medica (70AD)) as: ‘Ladanum dronketh with olde wine, stoppeth the laske [periods], and provoketh urine. It is very good against the hardness of the matrix or mother [uterus] layde to in the manner of a pessarie, and it draweth down the secondes or afterbirth, when it is layde upon quicke coles [hot coals], and the fumigation or parfume thereof be received up into the body of women. // The same applied to the head with Myrrhe and oyle of Myrrhe, cureth the scurffe, called Alopecia, and keepeth the heare [hair] from falling of [sic], but whereas it is already fallen away, it will not cause the heare to growe agayne. // ...' and goes on in this vein about its uses for pain in the ears, and removing sores and scars and other things. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Nicolai Abrahami Frambesarii ... Opera medica. Quibus continentur I. Canones et consultationes medicinales ... veram, medendi methodum & praxin sex prioribus libris exhibentes. II. Canones chirurgici ... tribus posterioribus libris proponentes. III. Apologia pro veritate & innocentia medicamentorum chymicorum adversus criminatores. IV. Laurea academica Frambesariana. V. De praeservatione pestis / [Nicolas Abraham de La Framboisière].
  • Le govvernement necessaire a chacvn povr vivre longvement en santé / Par Nicolas Abraham, Sr. de La Framboisiere.
  • Buildings of the church and monastery of Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Interior of the Capella della Croce on Mount Verna; with a painting of Saint Francis on the altar. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The interior of the chapel of Saint Mary Magdalen, on Mount Verna, where Saint Francis of Assisi retreated. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • A Franciscan monk showing a little chapel on mount La Verna to two pilgrims. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The chapel of Saint Mary Magdalen, on Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The interior of the smaller church on Mount Verna; decorated with paintings of the life of Christ: birth, descent from the cross and the ascension. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • A rocky overhang on Mount Verna at the place where Saint Francis worshipped. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Interior of the chapel of Saint Sebastian on Mount Verna; with a painting of Sebastian pierced by arrows. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Fountain of Saint Francis of Assisi. at La Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Ground plan of the church on Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The chapel of Saint Mary Magdalen, on Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Two men walking along a path on mount La Verna towards a sanctuary. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Two men walking along a path on mount La Verna towards a sanctuary. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The front of the smaller church and the main entrance of the monastery of Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • A rocky overhang on Mount Verna at the place where Saint Francis worshipped. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The front of the smaller church and the main entrance of the monastery of Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • The chapel of the beech tree on mount La Verna; Christ appearing to a monk named Giovanni. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • Interior of the church of the Stigmata on Mount Verna; with a painting of the Crucifixion. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.
  • A stone: superimposed flap on the plate of the interior of the chapel of Saint Mary Magdalen, on Mount Verna. Engraving attributed to D. Falcini after J. Ligozzi, ca. 1612.