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  • The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by [I.C.] after C. Gregory, 1874.
  • The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by G. F. Sargent.
  • M0006998: Manuscript page from <i>Roger Frugardi, Chirurgia, and other medical miscellany</i> depicting scenes of surgery
  • The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.
  • Museum of Practical Geology: a lecture by Lyon Playfair on the chemistry, manufacture and uses of glass. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • Sikandra, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh: mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. Watercolour.
  • M0008125: Bill of deaths from plague or other diseases, London c.1512
  • M0006448: Sir Isaac Newton: <i>Principia Mathematica</i> (1686), title page
  • M0006448: Sir Isaac Newton: <i>Principia Mathematica</i> (1686), title page
  • M0006448: Sir Isaac Newton: <i>Principia Mathematica</i> (1686), title page
  • A goat about to be beheaded as a Hindu ritual in honour of the goddess Kālī. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von Leibniz: portrait, and facsimile of letter to Sir Hans Sloane about the discovery of calculus. Process print.
  • An eye-surgeon operating on a man. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • An ear-cleaner, attending to a man's ear. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • A surgeon, sitting on the floor, attends to a patient's leg, as he lies on a bed. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1825.
  • Enthusiastic reception of Barnum's great and renowned Boston Prize Ladies who have been specially engaged to complete a tour of Great Britain at an enormous outlay : Miss Minnie & Rhoda Holland.
  • Enthusiastic reception of Barnum's great and renowned Boston Prize Ladies who have been specially engaged to complete a tour of Great Britain at an enormous outlay : Miss Minnie & Rhoda Holland.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.
  • M0006571: "EL Libro de Proprietatibus Rerum": Spanish translation of the work of Bartholomew de Glanville
  • M0006570: "EL Libro de Proprietatibus Rerum": Spanish translation of the work of Bartholomew de Glanville
  • M0006569: "EL Libro de Proprietatibus Rerum": Spanish translation of the work of Bartholomew de Glanville