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  • Constellation of Pegasus
  • (Detail) Constellation of Draco
  • Constellation of Argo Navis (ship) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Multi-sized beads (constellation stained), fluorescence
  • Constellation of Perseus, holding a severed head and sword, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Astronomy: a chart of the constellation Orion. Engraving.
  • Astrology: constellations, Taurus. Coloured engraving.
  • Constellations of Aquila, Delphinus and Equuleus.
  • Astrology: constellations, the Great Bear. Coloured engraving.
  • Astrology: various constellations. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • Astrology: various constellations. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • Astrology: constellations, Hercules. Coloured engraving by S. Hall, 1825.
  • Constellations of Ursa Major, detail, from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Astronomy: a chart of the constellations Great Bear and Little Bear. Engraving.
  • Constellations of Perseus (left), Cygnus and Cassiopeia (right) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Constellations of Ursa Major (right), Draco and Cepheus (left) from Persian Manuscript 373
  • Astronomy: a star map of the night sky in the southern hemisphere, with names of the constellations. Coloured engraving.
  • Astronomy: a star map of the night sky in the northern hemisphere, with the names of the constellations. Coloured engraving.
  • Astronomy: a star map of the night sky in the northern hemisphere, with the names of the constellations. Coloured engraving.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • 'Tabloid' Laxative Vegetable : a vegetable combination of exceptional purity, particularly valuable where aperients of inorganic origin are contra-indicated.
  • 'Tabloid' Mixed Glands : No. 2 (female).
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Erigone, ensnared by Dionysus, reaching for grapes on a vine. Lithograph by B.-R. Julien, 1835, after L. Poyet.
  • Months of the year: February, in which people celebrate carnival by over-indulgence, frost-fairs etc. Engraving after P. Stevens II.
  • Celestial Globe, 1750, Universal Magazine