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  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros seen in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • Above, a toucan, two frogs, a bird, an avocet, two sprigs of plants (soapwort and rheum); below, a two horned rhinoceros, three beetles of the genus scarabaeidae, a salmon, and a squirrel. Engraving by Heath.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with left arm extended, showing the bones and the fourth order of muscles, with a grazing rhinoceros seen in the background. Engraving by C. Grignion after B.S. Albinus, 1747.
  • A rhinoceros with a phallic-like horn and an elongated condom with the message in French: "What distinguishes humans from animals is (it is said) intelligence"; a statement about AIDS. Colour silk screen print after A. Le Quernec, 1993.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • Animals in danger / The Body Shop.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
  • An unusual degree of tolerance ... Paynocil : the ox-pecker.
  • Northern and central Africa: indigenous peoples, landscapes and animals. Lithograph.
  • Adam and Eve are condemned to a life of work outside Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Eve presents Adam with the apple. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • A gathering of many different animals with a large walled classical Italian-style garden behind and a banner bearing the book title above. Etching by W. Hollar, 1663, after himself.
  • Cape of Good Hope: customs, costumes and animals. Engraving, 1732.
  • Seven insects, including an earwig, a glow worm and four different beetles. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.
  • Chinese woodcut, illustrating food poisoning
  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - 'hanging corner' boil
  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - boil between the eyebrows
  • Tongue diagnosis chart: Red tongue with pale black centre
  • Chinese drugs personified: Lithograph, 1935
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Beg-tse in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.