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  • An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.
  • Details of the paintings on the triumphal arch in the courtyard of William III of Orange in The Hague, showing scenes from victorious battles in antiquity and mythological subjects. Engraving.
  • Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.
  • 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 antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • De la prostitution en Europe depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle / par M. Rabutaux. Avec une bibliographie, par M. Paul Lacroix. Planches hors texte, gravées par MM. Bisson et Cottard d'après les dessins fac-similé de M.A. Racinet fils, sous la direction artistique de Ferdinand Seré.
  • De la prostitution en Europe depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle / par M. Rabutaux. Avec une bibliographie, par M. Paul Lacroix. Planches hors texte, gravées par MM. Bisson et Cottard d'après les dessins fac-similé de M.A. Racinet fils, sous la direction artistique de Ferdinand Seré.
  • De la prostitution en Europe depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle / par M. Rabutaux. Avec une bibliographie, par M. Paul Lacroix. Planches hors texte, gravées par MM. Bisson et Cottard d'après les dessins fac-similé de M.A. Racinet fils, sous la direction artistique de Ferdinand Seré.
  • A very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies, : discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therin. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French.
  • A very curious and particular account of some skeletons of human bodies, : discovered in an ancient tomb in France, near the village of Cocherel, situate between Evreux and Vernon, and of some remarkable stones and other things found therin. To which the various opinions and conjectures concerning the origin and antiquity of these bodies are added. Translated from the French.
  • Nottinghamia vetus et nova. Or an historical account of the ancient and present state of the town of Nottingham / Gather'd from the remains of antiquity and collected from authentic manuscripts and ancient as well as modern historians. Adorn'd with beautiful copper-plates; with an appendix, containing besides extracts of wills and deeds relating to charities, diverse other curious papers. By Charles Deering, M.D.
  • The history of health, and the art of preserving it, or, an account of all that has been recommended by physicians and philosophers, towards the preservation of health, from the most remote antiquity to this time. To which is subjoined, a succinct review of the principal rules relating to this subject. Together with the reasons on which these rules are founded / by James Mackenzie.
  • Dissertation physique ... sur les différences réelles que présentent les traits du visage chez les hommes de différents pays et de différents âges : sur le beau qui caractèrise les statues antiques et les pierres gravées. Suivie de la proposition d'une nouvelle méthode pour déssiner toutes sortes de têtes humaines / ... Publiée ... par ... Adrien Gilles Camper ... traduite du hollandois par Denis Bernard Quatremere d'Isjonval.
  • Dissertation physique ... sur les différences réelles que présentent les traits du visage chez les hommes de différents pays et de différents âges : sur le beau qui caractèrise les statues antiques et les pierres gravées. Suivie de la proposition d'une nouvelle méthode pour déssiner toutes sortes de têtes humaines / ... Publiée ... par ... Adrien Gilles Camper ... traduite du hollandois par Denis Bernard Quatremere d'Isjonval.
  • Dissertation physique ... sur les différences réelles que présentent les traits du visage chez les hommes de différents pays et de différents âges : sur le beau qui caractèrise les statues antiques et les pierres gravées. Suivie de la proposition d'une nouvelle méthode pour déssiner toutes sortes de têtes humaines / ... Publiée ... par ... Adrien Gilles Camper ... traduite du hollandois par Denis Bernard Quatremere d'Isjonval.
  • Anatomy improv'd and illustrated with regard to the uses thereof in designing: not only laid down from an examen of the bones and muscles of the human body, but also demonstrated and exemplified from the most celebrated antique statues in Rome. Exhibited in a great number of copper plates, with all the figures in various views / Intended originally for y use of the Royal French Academy of Painting and Sculpture. And carried on under the care and inspection of Charles Errard director of the same in Rome. The dissections made by Doc[to]r Ber[nardin]o Genga ... The explanations and indexes added by ... John Maria Lancissi ... First published at Rome by Dom di Rossi and now reengraven ... And republish'd by John Senex. A work of great use to painters, sculptors, statuaries and all others studious in the noble art of designing.
  • Seven ancient utensils reconstructed from bas-reliefs etc. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A bowl on a base, a torch on a stand, a metal vase, and a vase with the caduceus on its side. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A marble vase, and a marble tazza standing on a sepulchral chest. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A Roman altar, a Greek metal vase and an Etruscan altar. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A sepulchral chest with cover, a Greek metal cup, and a vase supported by goats' and rams' heads. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A well head carved with fish motifs, a metal ladle with a snake-handle, a funerary urn, and a terracotta relief of the caduceus and other objects. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A tripod, a copper vase and an Egyptian-style chair. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • The three Graces and ancient allegorical figures. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
  • A Roman amphitheatre. Coloured engraving by P. Weindl, ca. 1804-1811.
  • A Roman amphitheatre. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • A pagoda in India. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • A Roman trophy. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.
  • Temple of Amdda of Hassaya seen from the river, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.