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  • Œuvres. De Condillac / Revues, corrigées par l'auteur, imprimées sur ses manuscrits autographes, et augmentées de la Langue des calculs. Ouvrage posthume.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, with labels giving the latin names of the bones. Photograph after a woodcut after Hans Wechtlin, 1517.
  • An écorché with left arm extended forwards, seen from the left side: diagram showing the outlines of the muscles. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
  • People loading corn on to a horse-drawn cart at harvest-time. Engraving by J. Cousen after J. Linnell.
  • Minerva, as goddess of the arts, shaking hands with Italia; behind them Mercury, the messenger god. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after Burney.
  • A schoolroom with animals as teachers and pupils. Engraving by W.H. Toms after E. van Heemskerck.
  • Modern Rome, by Pannini, 1757
  • A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.
  • A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.
  • A Protestant marriage ceremony is performed in Alsace by a priest in the company of the couple's relatives. Etching by P.A. Rajon, ca. 1878, after G. Brion.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • Barbara van Beck. Oil painting, ca. 1650.
  • An academy in which men discuss the branches of study required in the education of artists: the antique, anatomy, perspective and geometry Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.
  • The interior of a salon with fashionable people in hoop skirts and corsets, and in which even the servant and the dog are dressed up; satire of contemporary fashion. Engraving by T. Phillibrown after W. Hogarth.
  • A nobleman and an alderman sit at a table neggotiating a marriage settlement between the son of the former and the daughter of the latter. Engraving by Louis Gérard Scotin after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • Neottia ovata plus Cantharis rufipes beetle
  • A man stands against a wall wearing a San Franciscan police uniform with a star badge, a San Francisco police arm badge, sunglasses and a leather hat; a co-production of The Boots and AIDSteam in Antwerp. Lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Master physician and disciple, Chinese woodcut, Ming period
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist and angels. Etching by A. François after Michelangelo.
  • Salomon de Caus incarcerated in the mental asylum of Bicêtre. Lithograph by Lafosse after J.J. Lecurieux, 1845.
  • Shepherds and shepherdesses with sheep in countryside by a river. Etching by J. Desaulx and F. Godefroy, ca. 180-, after P.P. Rubens.
  • Six vignettes on a design for a fan illustrating how to lead a moral and happy life. Stipple engraving, 1797.
  • Culpeper's Complete English physician enlarged and improved, or, An universal medical herbal, and botanical and astrological practice of physic ... : in three parts ... / By Nicholas Culpeper ; with valuable additions and improvements, by Geo. Alex. Gordon.
  • Culpeper's Complete English physician enlarged and improved, or, An universal medical herbal, and botanical and astrological practice of physic ... : in three parts ... / By Nicholas Culpeper ; with valuable additions and improvements, by Geo. Alex. Gordon.
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • Saint Elizabeth of Hungary bringing food for the inmates of a hospital. Oil painting by Adam Elsheimer, ca. 1598.
  • Saint Elizabeth of Hungary bringing food for the inmates of a hospital. Oil painting by Adam Elsheimer, ca. 1598.