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  • Two canaries feeding their young in a basket. Coloured etching.
  • Monument Peruvian du Canar
  • The standard approved on by the Society for the Shew of Canary Birds.
  • Two canary birds (finches) sitting on tree branches. Coloured etching.
  • Interieur de la Maison de l'inca au Canar
  • Canary creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • Spiraea cana: flowering stem with root and separate floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Cedronella canariensis (L.)Webb & Berthel. Basionym Dracocephalum canariense. Lamiaceae. Canary balm, Balm-of-Gilead, Canary Island tea. It smells slightly resinous of cedar, hence the diminutive name Cedronella. Perennial herb. Distribution: Canary Islands. True Balm-of-Gilead is the sap of the poplar, Populus candicans. It was drunk as a tea, and the aroma was believed to relieve colds. No medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • People gathering water at the fountain at Cana, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Jesus calls the fishermen to be his apostles; in the background he performs the miracle at Cana. Woodcut.
  • Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.
  • Sun setting over landscape with Cana in the distance, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by B. Bertoccini after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.
  • Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by G. Volpato, 1772, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Cana of Galilee, Israel: an ancient water fountain in use. Engraving by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F.N.B. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas.
  • Admodum reverendis patribus patri Petro Canna in sacra theologia laureato, novitiorum magistro emerito, et in conventu cornueti priori vigilantissimo ... Fr. Augustinus Mancini sacrae facultatis auditor in obsequentis animi argumentum D.O.C. : cirumcisionem datem.
  • Admodum reverendis patribus patri Petro Canna in sacra theologia laureato, novitiorum magistro emerito, et in conventu cornueti priori vigilantissimo ... Fr. Augustinus Mancini sacrae facultatis auditor in obsequentis animi argumentum D.O.C. : cirumcisionem datem.
  • La historia del Mondo Nuovo ... Laqual tratta delle isole, et mari nuovamente ritrovati, et delle nuove città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, et per terra in quattordeci anni / Nuovamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria.
  • La historia del Mondo Nuovo ... Laqual tratta delle isole, et mari nuovamente ritrovati, et delle nuove città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, et per terra in quattordeci anni / Nuovamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria.
  • La historia del Mondo Nuovo ... Laqual tratta delle isole, et mari nuovamente ritrovati, et delle nuove città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, et per terra in quattordeci anni / Nuovamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria.
  • A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians; with remarks on the funeral ceremonies of different nations, and observations on the mummies of the Canary Islands, of the ancient Peruvians, Burman priests, etc / By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew.
  • A chain of white silhouette male and female figures partly disappearing within a lime green circle against a red and blue background with the message in Spanish: 'AIDS: It is time to act'; an advertisement by the AIDAS (Asociación Internacional Derechos Afectados SIDA), Gobierno de Canarias, and UNAPRO (Union Para la Ayuda y Proteccion de los Afectados por el SIDA). Colour lithograph by A. ... G., 1997.
  • The interior of the crater of Pico de Teide, Tenerife. Etching by P. Parboni after J.G. Gmelin after A. von Humboldt.
  • An old dragon tree (Dracaena draco) with a gash in its stem releasing its "dragon's blood" resin and a door in its trunk. Aquatint with etching by R. G. Reeve after J. J. Williams, c.1819.
  • Christopher Columbus, on his ship, admonishes his men for their lack of courage. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • Retail price list : September 19, 1921 / Spratts Patent Limited.
  • La historia del Mondo Nuovo, 1572, G. Benzoni.