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  • Du degré de certitude de la médecine / [P.J.G. Cabanis].
  • Traité de médecine des enfants / publiée sous la direction de P. Nobécourt et L. Babonneix ; secrétaires de la rédaction: J. Cathala et J. Hutinel.
  • Jacob Baart de la Faille. Engraving by J. P. Lange, 1842, after J. Kayser.
  • Saint John the Baptist preaching to the people. Etching by J. P. Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1808, after Rembrandt.
  • Julien Offray de La Mettrie (?). Stipple engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after C.J. Notté.
  • Julien Offray de La Mettrie (?). Stipple engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after C.J. Notté.
  • A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • L'art d'accoucher / par G.G. Stein ; Traduit de l'allemand sur la 5e édition par P.F. Briot ; avec vingt-quatre planches ; suivi d'une dissertation sur la fièvre puerpérale par J. Charles Gasc.
  • Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane / Par P.J. Benoit. Cent dessins pris sur nature par l'auteur, lithographiés par Madou et Lauters.
  • Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane / Par P.J. Benoit. Cent dessins pris sur nature par l'auteur, lithographiés par Madou et Lauters.
  • Voyage à Surinam. Description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane / Par P.J. Benoit. Cent dessins pris sur nature par l'auteur, lithographiés par Madou et Lauters.
  • Il Dioscoride / dell'eccellente dottor ... P. Andrea Matthioli ... con i suoi discorsi da esso la seconda uolta illustrati, et diligentemente ampliati: con la giunta del sesto libro de i rimedi di tutti i veleni, da lui nouamente tradotto & con dottissimi discorsi per tutto commentato con la giunta di tutte le figure delle piante, delle herbe, delle pietre, et de gli animali. Tratte dal vero & istesso naturale, & non piu stampate.
  • A warning not to re-use syringes with a series of diagrams illustrating instructions on how to disinfect syringes using bleach in the event of re-use; advertisement by I.R.E.P with the help of the Ministére des Affaires sociales, de la Santé de la Ville. Colour lithograph.
  • French soldiers requisitioning food from civilians inside a German fortified town. Etching by J. P. Le Bas, 1741 after J.-F. Chanterau.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penance. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.
  • Saint Joseph practises carpentry assisted by the Christ Child, while Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) sews. Engraving by J. Couché, 1786, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Line engraving by J.M. Leroux, 1837, after B. Desnoyers after A. Allegri, il Correggio.
  • A father has died and is mourned by his wife and children, as his eldest son returns from the wars, distraught by his arrival too late to see his father alive. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1781, after J.B. Greuze.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Engraving by J. Boulanger after Raphael.
  • L'homme machine / [Anon].
  • An urban square with pavilions and hospitals. Etching.
  • Antoine Petit. Line engraving by P. Laurent after A. Pujos, 1774.
  • Joseph and Mary, searching for a place to stay in nocturnal Bethlehem, find a stable. Etching by J. Parrocel.
  • Moses and Eleazar reveal the brazen serpent to the people afflicted with snakebite. Lithograph by A. Blanco after P.P. Rubens.
  • A woman looking down her night gown while searching for fleas. Lithograph after Gavarni.
  • A woman pulling open her nightgown as she searches for fleas. Lithograph.