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  • Marsa, Malta: view of the island and surroundings. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
  • Medical College and Charity Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Messina Port, Messina, Sicily, Italy: St. John's Square, with a key. Tinted etching.
  • St. Clement's church, Oxford. Etching by H. le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie, 1829.
  • Hospital, Messina, Sicily, Italy: the central square with a numbered key. Tinted etching by J. Deny, 1783.
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • The two angels visiting Lot's house in Sodom strike blind the rapacious mob outside. Line engraving by P. Galle after A. Blocklandt.
  • Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.
  • Dutch settlement at Chinsura on the Hugli river, West Bengal. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • Jeremiah sits amidst the rubble of Jerusalem, after its siege and destruction in 586 B.C. Lithograph by B. Weiss after E.J.F. Bendemann.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to a large audience in a town square. Engraving.
  • Russo-Japanese War: a street scene in Tokyo with wounded Japanese sitting in a cart. Pen and ink drawing by D. MacPherson, 1904.
  • An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
  • Friar Bacon's Study, Oxford: including the river. Line engraving by G. Hawkins.
  • A poor family starves in the centre of Paris: a workman brings them a bowl of soup, a banker for a "Philanthropic bank" ignores them, public funds are spent on a new stock exchange, and books are advertised advocating self-help. Lithograph by Villain after N.-T. Charlet, 1840.
  • Two men walking above a city; representing harmony of religious or political states. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • Leiden, the Netherlands: the anatomy theatre, interior of a church, town weighing establishment and portraits. Line engraving.
  • Leiden, the Netherlands: the University, Anatomy theatre, Botanic garden, Lakenhal, city and two portraits of Counts. Line engraving.
  • Manoel Island, Malta: the quarantine station. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, ca. 1725.
  • Manoel Island, Malta: the quarantine station. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, ca. 1725.
  • An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.
  • City of Oxford: panoramic view of the High Street with views of the colleges and churches. Etching by H. Toussaint.
  • City of Oxford: panoramic view of the High Street with views of the colleges and churches. Etching by H. Toussaint.
  • Norwich City, Norfolk: map of the city with ornamental seals. Line engraving.
  • Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph after G.E. Chauffourier, 1928.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph.