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  • The personification of the Republic of Holland is surrounded by representations of religion, liberty, peace, navigation, commerce, fortune and abundance, as well as Asia, Africa and America; representing the glory of the Republic of Holland. Engraving by B. Picart.
  • Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day / edited by H.D. Traill and J.S. Mann.
  • A red arrow pierces the world held up by numerous bodies with arms raised and the message in French: "AIDS: together for the future"; an advertisement for a conference entitled: "Le SIDA: la Prévention, c'est possible" organised by the Faculté de Médicine on Tuesday 1st December at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dijon. Colour lithograph.
  • English commerce is shown as a cow milked by the Dutch, the horns sawn off by the Americans and its milk drunk by the French and the Spanish, while an Englishman wrings his hands at this distressing sight. Etching, ca. 1780.
  • Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East Indies and other distant countries, in a state of vegetation: together with a catalogue of such foreign plants as are worthy of being encouraged in our American colonies, for the purposes of medicine, agriculture, and commerce. To which is added, the figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dionoea muscipula: or, Venus's fly-trap / By John Ellis, F.R.S.
  • Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East Indies and other distant countries, in a state of vegetation: together with a catalogue of such foreign plants as are worthy of being encouraged in our American colonies, for the purposes of medicine, agriculture, and commerce. To which is added, the figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dionoea muscipula: or, Venus's fly-trap / By John Ellis, F.R.S.
  • Sospensione di commercio con la Turingia, e langraviato d'Assia / Francesco Rossetti.
  • Stazione di Tcheliabinsk, testa di linea : Irbit, commercio di pelli et di pelliccie / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.
  • Stazione di Tcheliabinsk, testa di linea : Irbit, commercio di pelli et di pelliccie / Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Limited.
  • Aggiunta al bando di proibizione, e sospensione do commercio de' 20. Giugno 1743 ... dato in Firenze, dall Uffizio di Sanità di Firenze li 2. Luglio 1743 / Urbano Pierattini, Cancelliere.
  • Sospensione di commercio con tutta la Germania : essendo pervenuto all'Illustrissimo Magistrato della Sanità di questa città il bando, publicato da SS. Proveditori alla Sanità di Verona, della Germania da suoi confini in sù ... / Signori Presidenti del Magistrato ... Francesco Raimondi [and others].
  • Bando : per gli avvisi havuti da questi signori conservatori della sanità che si sia scoperto il Mal Contagioso à Cilla sopra Lubiana circa quaranta miglia, e che la città di Trieste habbia bandito il commercio, non solo con detto luogo di Cilla, mà anco con Lubiana ... / G.M. Estense Tassoni.
  • Bando : per gli avvisi havuti da questi signori conservatori della sanità che si sia scoperto il Mal Contagioso à Cilla sopra Lubiana circa quaranta miglia, e che la città di Trieste habbia bandito il commercio, non solo con detto luogo di Cilla, mà anco con Lubiana ... / G.M. Estense Tassoni.
  • An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.
  • A portable oven, and a machine for making the tips of hats. Engraving by J. Taylor after C. Varley.
  • The Philippine journal of science.
  • A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin.
  • A crowd scramble to catch a goose which is running among them; representing the quest for money. Engraving attributed to S. Bernard.
  • A merchant haggles with another merchant over a large bundle of goods. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A British manufacturer is painting advertising boards inscribed "Made in Canada", "Made in England" and "Made in the British Empire", while a board saying "Made in Germany" is consigned to a garbage can; representing the embargo on German trade in British territories in World War I. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • Samuel More. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1798, after Benjamin West.
  • A pinned red ribbon with details of a music and dinner benefit performance in aid of the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society on Sunday, January 30, 1994. Colour lithograph by Cheryl Anne Lieberman Graphics.
  • Alpha Laboratories Ltd. : 40 Parham Drive, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO5 4NU.
  • A harbour in which bales of goods are being traded between two merchants: falsehood and fraud govern the transaction, aided by an untrained clerk; representing the fraudulent use of commercial law. Engraving by H. Goltzius.
  • A woman's white arm touches the hand of a man's black arm with a red ribbon behind a crumpled newspaper representing an advertisement for a "black and white" gala evening for the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society on 19 February 1995. Lithograph.
  • Marsa, Malta: view of the island and surroundings. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
  • Marsa, Malta: view of the island and surroundings. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
  • A Moodaly and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • The Commercial Travellers' School, Pinner, Harrow, England. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after B. Sly.
  • London: the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Coloured engraving, 1730, after J. Kip.