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  • 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.
  • "Take it on sugar" : Faulding's "Emu" brand eucalyptus oil : "The spirit of the tree" / distilled by F.H. Faulding & Co. Ltd.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind, surrounded by representations of virtues and proverbs; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • A Christian man being shaved while a Turk sharpens his scimitar on a whetstone behind; representing the exposure of Europe to a Turkish invader. Engraving.
  • The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.
  • The muscles of the lower arm: the left forearm is seen twice, crossed over and resting on the right forearm and extending from the shoulder. Drawing after Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1610.
  • King Charles I. Engraving by B. Audran the elder, ca. 1697, after A. Van Dyck.
  • The Indian Nectar, or, A discourse concerning Chocolata : Wherein the Nature of the Cacao-nut, and the other Ingredients of that Composition, is examined, and stated according to the Judgment and Experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional Observations made in England: The ways of compounding and preparing Chocolata are enquired into; its Effects, as to its alimental and Venereal quality, as well as Medicinal (especially in Hypochondriacal Melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, performed by that excellent Chymist, Monsieur le Febure, Chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe.
  • The Indian Nectar, or, A discourse concerning Chocolata : Wherein the Nature of the Cacao-nut, and the other Ingredients of that Composition, is examined, and stated according to the Judgment and Experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional Observations made in England: The ways of compounding and preparing Chocolata are enquired into; its Effects, as to its alimental and Venereal quality, as well as Medicinal (especially in Hypochondriacal Melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, performed by that excellent Chymist, Monsieur le Febure, Chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe.