Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a cloister with a young man sitting on a bench reading and a nun, in a place where stolen objects can be anonymously returned. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

H.H. Asquith (right) asks Arthur Balfour (centre) whether he has sent out invitations to colonial leaders; Balfour replies that he has not, but Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, enters from the left to claim his invitation. Drawing by David Wilson, 1905.

The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.

Top left, gamebirds watching in safety while hunters and poachers shoot each other; top right, a graveyard for colonial institutions in Africa; bottom left, spoonbills (birds) made of teapots and spoons; bottom centre, two men talking about a hen and some ducklings; bottom right, a weather vane in the form of a man holding a gun. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1831.

A cross incorporating a montage of pink heart muscles, pink triangles, crossed red and green squares, the AIDS red ribbon on a stamp, flowers, a hand and a version of the American flag; on a background coloured in green crayon incorporating a montage of photographs including Christ's head of thorns and a hand injecting a syringe into an arm; on a further black background bearing the brown lettering: 'el colonialismo' [colonialism]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Juan Sánchez, ca. 1995.

A family sitting round the dinner table, the mother serving food, the father making an authoritative gesture towards his praying son, the two daughters sit next to the mother while the youngest child is fed next to the fire place; representing Concord. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos.

Cover: Seamen's Hospital booklet

Chemists' Exhibition march : specially composed for the annual chemists' exhibition / by Ph. R. Meny.

Island of Deshima, Dutch East India Company

Hand-drawn map showing settlements in Belgian Congo

[Epitomata seu Reparationes totius philosophiae naturalis Aristotelis.] / [Gerardus Harderwyck].

Mouse embryonic stem cells

Colón, Panama: tarmacadamed street with storm sewer; residents shown in houses and on the street, with horse and cart in the foreground. Photograph, 1911.

Colón, Panama: Bolivar Street newly paved. Photograph, ca. 1908.

North Avenue, Panama: newly paved busy street with carriages, residents and workers; lined with large buildings with balconies. Photograph, 1907.

Leprosy in India : report of the Leprosy Commission in India, 1890-91.

Albert Dock Hospital, London

The son of the Duke of Burgundy about to be breast fed by his mother Mary Adelaide of Savoy, 1707. Engraving.

Dicta super quarta Fen primi Canonis Avicennae / [Hugo Senensis].

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