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  • A systematic treatise, historical, etiological and practical, on the principal diseases of the interior valley of North America : as they appear in the Caucasian, African, Indian, and Esquimaux varieties of its population / by Daniel Drake.
  • A systematic treatise, historical, etiological and practical, on the principal diseases of the interior valley of North America : as they appear in the Caucasian, African, Indian, and Esquimaux varieties of its population / by Daniel Drake.
  • Practical observations on the use of oxygen, or vital air, in the cure of diseases. To which are added a few experiments on the vegetation of plants. Part I / By D. Hill.
  • A general system of surgery, in three parts, containing the doctrine and management ... / by Dr. Lawrence Heister ... ; translated from the author's last edition, greatly improved.
  • Anno XXXII. Henrici octavi. In the parlyamente Begon // at Westm̄. the. xxviii. of Apryll, the .xxxii. [i.e. xxxi] yeare of // the reygne of the moste excellente, most hyghe, and moste // myghty prynce, Henrye the eyghte by the // grace of God kynge of Englande and of // Fraunce, the actes folowing ... have bene established.
  • The code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C : autographed text, transliteration, translation, glossary, index of subjects, lists of proper names, signs, numerals, corrections and erasures, with map, frontispiece and photograph of text / by Robert Francis Harper.
  • The code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C : autographed text, transliteration, translation, glossary, index of subjects, lists of proper names, signs, numerals, corrections and erasures, with map, frontispiece and photograph of text / by Robert Francis Harper.
  • Testimonial of Mr. Robert Griffin.
  • A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging / by C.J. Ribton-Turner.
  • Six examples of "the march of intellect". Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
  • Ruth comes to take shelter under Boaz's cloak. Engraving.
  • Egyptian Bryce papyrus, 280/250 BC
  • Egyptian "Bryce papyrus" 280/250 BC
  • Egyptian Bryce papyrus 280/250 BC
  • A woman bearing a sword and measuring scales; representing justice. Engraving by P. Ghigi after L. Agricola after Raphael.
  • Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • An autopsy on an investor in the Dutch speculation boom of 1720 reveals that he had died of an excess of air, representing lack of value in the shares. Etching, 1720.
  • Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank after J. Sheringham, 1821.
  • A parrot on a stand is holding a dog's collar with its claws; two small terriers look up hoping the parrot will release it. Mezzotint by A. Lucas after J. Bateman, 18--.
  • Hudibras addresses a lawyer who sits in an elaborately decorated pew next to shelf of books; two clerks sit beneath. Aquatint by J. Merigot, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • Mallevs maleficarvm, maleficas et earvm hæresim frameā conterens, ex variis avctoribvs compilatvs. Et in quatuor tomos iusté distributus, qvorvm dvo priores vanas dæmonvm versutias, præstigiosas eorum delusiones, superstitiosas strigimagarum cæremonias, horrendos etiam cum illis congressus; exactam denique tam pestiferæ sectæ disquisitionem, & punitionem complectuntur. Tertius praxim exorcistarum ad dæmonum, & strigimagarum maleficia de Christi fidelibus pellenda; quartus verò artem doctrinalem, benedictionalem, & exorcismalem continent ... / [Heinrich Institoris].
  • Malleus maleficarum / [Heinrich Institoris].
  • Susanna's innocence is proven by the young prophet Daniel. Engraving by E.G. Krüger after J-H. Fragonard after Valentin de Boulogne.
  • Family background of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick upon his admitance on December 5th 1896
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907
  • First page of Medical Case histories of patients
  • Frontispiece of Medical Case histories of patients
  • Medical case history of Robert Wilson, patient at the Manor House Asylum, Chiswick. 1892 - 1907