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  • View of printed catalogues: manuscripts and pre-1850 books
  • A history of domestic manners and sentiments in England during the middle ages / by Thomas Wright ; with illustrations from the illuminations in contemporary manuscripts and other sources, drawn & engraved by F.W. Fairholt.
  • A history of domestic manners and sentiments in England during the middle ages / by Thomas Wright ; with illustrations from the illuminations in contemporary manuscripts and other sources, drawn & engraved by F.W. Fairholt.
  • Folio 7 recto, Persian manuscript, book on the horse: on the characteristics of black horses with white patches on forehead, lower lip and three feet
  • The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire. With the original of counties, hundreds or wapentakes and hamlets; the foundation and origin of monasteries, churches, and vicarages; the several honors, mannors, and parks of the nobility and gentry; and the succession of the lords each. Faithfully collected from public records, ancient manuscripts and other select authorities / Together with an exact transcript of Domesday-book, so far as concerns this shire, and the translation thereof in English. To which are added, the epitaphs and memorable inscriptions in all the parishes.
  • The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire. With the original of counties, hundreds or wapentakes and hamlets; the foundation and origin of monasteries, churches, and vicarages; the several honors, mannors, and parks of the nobility and gentry; and the succession of the lords each. Faithfully collected from public records, ancient manuscripts and other select authorities / Together with an exact transcript of Domesday-book, so far as concerns this shire, and the translation thereof in English. To which are added, the epitaphs and memorable inscriptions in all the parishes.
  • The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire. With the original of counties, hundreds or wapentakes and hamlets; the foundation and origin of monasteries, churches, and vicarages; the several honors, mannors, and parks of the nobility and gentry; and the succession of the lords each. Faithfully collected from public records, ancient manuscripts and other select authorities / Together with an exact transcript of Domesday-book, so far as concerns this shire, and the translation thereof in English. To which are added, the epitaphs and memorable inscriptions in all the parishes.
  • Acanthus dioscoridis L. Acanthaceae. Distribution: Iran, Iraq, southern Turkey. Herbaceous perennial flowering plant. Named for Pedanius Dioscorides of Anazarbus, 1st century Greek physician and herbalist whose book, De Materia Medica, was the main source of herbal medicinal information for the next 1,600 years. He describes some 500 plants and their medicinal properties. His manuscript was copied and annotated over the centuries, and the earliest Greek text in existence is the illustrated Juliana Anicia Codex dated 512CE (Beck, 2005). The first English translation was made around 1650 by John Goodyear and published by Robert T. Gunther in 1934
  • A craftsman illuminating a document. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Henricus dei ...
  • Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.
  • Michel Schuppach in his pharmacy examining a young woman's urine who is seated opposite him awaiting the result. Line engraving by B. Hübner, 1775, after G. Locher, 1774.
  • Interior of a pharmaceutical laboratory with people at work; the shop is visible through a doorway. Engraving, 1747.
  • [Wellcome Chinese Collection 100].
  • [Wellcome Chinese Collection 100].
  • Interior of a pharmaceutical laboratory behind a shop, with people at work, the shop is visible through a doorway. Engraving, 1747.
  • Interior of a distilling laboratory with five people at work. Coloured engraving by M. Engelbrecht's workshop, c. 1720.
  • The interior of a busy pharmacy. Line engraving by C. Le Roy.
  • A fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • A fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish, and a detail of a fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Three fish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Three fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.