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  • Abraham has a nightmarish vision of fire in the darkness. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • The Virgin, reading a scroll on a prie-dieu, is visited by the announcing angel. Engraving by M. van der Gucht.
  • Noah and his entourage come down from the ark and make a sacrifice to God. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • The builders of the Tower of Babel start to argue as their language is confounded. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet, c. 1700.
  • Two actors performing on an open-air stage, perhaps selling medicines (?); St. Pauls cathedral is visible in the background. Engraving by J. van der Gucht.
  • Two actors performing on an open-air stage, perhaps selling medicines (?); St. Pauls cathedral is visible in the background. Engraving by J. van der Gucht.
  • A manacled man standing before a jury in a courtroom making gestures of protest while being confined in a spiked frame. Etching by J. van der Gucht.
  • Melchizedek blesses Abraham and gives him bread and wine; Abraham's Hebrew soldiers return victorious over the four invading kings. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • The two angels visitng Lot's house in Sodom pull him back into his house, away from the rapacious, blinded mob. Etching by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • 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.
  • Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.
  • A bedchamber with a man about to be blinded: a fire blazes in a cauldron and a man holds his spear in the fire while another man is restrained. Etching by G. van der Gucht after H. Gravelot.
  • Game animals, birds and waterfowl (23 varieties), lying dead on the ground beneath an oak tree, in a pastoral setting. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack (?), 1750/1770?.
  • Tobias curing the eyesight of Tobit under the direction of Raphael, two cherubs hold up a banner with printed text and a coat of arms, while a crowd pray to an angel. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, c. 1686, after G. Freman.
  • Portrait of Daniel Defoe
  • Saint Paul: his shipwreck on Malta. Engraving by M. Vandergucht after G. Freman.
  • Saint Luke, painting a picture of the Virgin. Engraving by G. van Gucht after P. de Jode.
  • An oval cartouche containing a dedication to Dr Richard Mead. Engraving by G. Vandergucht, 17--.
  • Human arterial system (fig. 1); tracheal artery (fig. 2); aorta (fig. 3). Engraving, 1778, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1707.
  • 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.
  • Human arterial system. Engraving, 18th century, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
  • Human arterial system. Engraving by Campbell, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches, engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645.
  • The human venous and arterial systems. Engraving, after engravings by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper of 1702 and 1707.
  • Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
  • Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches, engraving by Benard, 1779, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645.
  • Human arterial system. Engraving, 1769, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
  • Arteries and veins, illustrating an article entitled "Artery" in an encyclopedia. Engraving by J. Mynde, 18th century.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches(Table VI, fig. 1); the trunks of the vena porta (Table VI, fig. 2), both after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645; the brain, nerves and spine, after Eustachius, by 1552 (Table VII) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.