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  • The book of talismans, amulets, and zodiacal gems / by William Thomas and Kate Pavitt.
  • A man cutting gems using a treadle at his bench before a large window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • "It might have been". : her joy was duty and love was law : for one of the brightest poetic gems. P.T.O.
  • "It might have been". : her joy was duty and love was law : for one of the brightest poetic gems. P.T.O.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • Employment for the microscope ... I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / In two parts : illustrated with seventeen copper plates by Henry Baker.
  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • An absinthe addict eyeing three glasses on a table; advertisement for film "Absinthe". Colour lithograph, ca. 1913.
  • A lapidary at work cutting and polishing stones. Watercolour by an Indian painter.
  • A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.
  • A marriage ceremony for Scottish Covenanters is performed on a mountain range by a priest with the young couple surrounded by family guests. Engraving by P. Lightfoot after Alex Johnston.
  • Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Glass: weighing equipment (above), inside a plate glass factory (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids naturally contained within solids. Laying a foundation for the rendering a rational accompt both of the frame and the several changes of the masse of the Earth, as also of the various productions in the same / Englished by H[enry] O[ldenburg].
  • A chamois is shot by a hunter in a mountainous range after being lured to the site by a strategically placed salt lick. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • A chamois is shot by a hunter in a mountainous range after being lured to the site by strategically placed salt-licks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • MS Thai 3, four leaves
  • Anatomy of the heart in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the heart in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Geology: various uncut semi-precious stones. Coloured lithograph by H. Sowerby after himself, 1851.
  • Anatomy of the gall bladder in ancient Chinese medicine
  • Anatomy of the lung in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the lung in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the spleen in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the spleen in ancient Chinese medicine, woodcut
  • Anatomy of the large intestine in ancient Chinese medicine