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  • Chart of Mortality, Great Plague in London
  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
  • A cart for transporting the dead in London during the great plague. Watercolour painting by or after G. Cruikshank.
  • A man in rags announcing the forthcoming doom, during the great plague in London. Wood engraving by A.B. Frost.
  • The great plague in London in 1665 / by Walter George Bell with thirty illustrations comprising contemporary prints, plans, & drawings.
  • The great plague in London in 1665 / by Walter George Bell with thirty illustrations comprising contemporary prints, plans, & drawings.
  • The great plague in London in 1665 / by Walter George Bell with thirty illustrations comprising contemporary prints, plans, & drawings.
  • The great plague in London in 1665 / by Walter George Bell with thirty illustrations comprising contemporary prints, plans, & drawings.
  • The great plague in London in 1665 / by Walter George Bell with thirty illustrations comprising contemporary prints, plans, & drawings.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he prays for intercession against the plague. Engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • Two men discovering a dead woman in the street during the great plague of London. Wood engraving by J. Jellicoe after H. Railton.
  • Two men discovering a dead woman in the street during the great plague of London. Wood engraving by J. Jellicoe after H. Railton.
  • Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630; a scene from Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.
  • Two women lying dead in a London street during the great plague, 1665, one with a child who is still alive. Etching after R. Pollard II.
  • Weekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain. No.41, Week ending Saturday, August 11th, 1866 / by Authority of the Privy Council.
  • Weekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain. No.41, Week ending Saturday, August 11th, 1866 / by Authority of the Privy Council.
  • A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.
  • The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four cCatholic German states and sends flashes of lightning against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by J. and J. Klauber.
  • Report on the cattle plague in Great Britain during the years 1865, 1866, and 1867 : with appendix, tables, and diagrams showing the progress of the disease / prepared by the Veterinary Department of the Privy Council Office.
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].
  • An account of the principal lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals; and additional remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland / [John Howard].