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  • Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco / Su autor el padre Joseph Gumilla.
  • Martyrdom of Father Isaac Jogues S.J. in Canada. Engraving by A. Millaert (Melaer) after A. van Diepenbeeck.
  • College of San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico. Reproduction of a drawing by E. Gimeno.
  • Hospice de la Charité, Rheims, France: staircase. Lithograph by A. Dauzats after himself.
  • The gathering and drying of cinchona bark in a Peruvian forest. Wood engraving, by C. Laplante, c. 1867, after Faguet.
  • Marsa, Malta: view of the island and surroundings. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
  • Marsa, Malta: view of the island and surroundings. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
  • A large crowd surrounds a platform on which victims are tortured by means of racks and crosses. Engraving with etching by A. Walker.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a mission school. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a mission school. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona caribbaea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Illustrations of astronomical instruments, Beijing, China
  • Description of the astronomical instruments, Beijing, China
  • Rescue of the immured in Carcassone, France. Etching by L. Flameng after J.P. Laurens.
  • The Virgin and Child with Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Colour engraving by A. Campanella after himself.
  • Monoemugi, Somalia (?): people of Gingyra crossing the river Shabelle (?) by carrying their belongings in the inflated skin of a cow. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819.
  • Saint Livinus: martyrdom. Watercolour after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Conclusiones ex universa philosophia.
  • Conclusiones ex universa philosophia.
  • A saint lying on his death bed is visited by the Virgin, saints and angels. Etching by B. Picart after G. Reni.
  • Saint Francis Xavier performing miracles in Asia: he heals and revives people. Etching by W. Unger after P.P. Rubens.
  • The Christ Child shooting arrows into the believer's heart to conquer the fires of lust. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child painting pictures (the Last Judgment, the Assumption of the Virgin and a scene from hell) on the inner wall of the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child enthroned as a king in the palace of the believer's heart, venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child, helped by angels, bestows a crown on the believer's heart, which is bedecked with palm branches. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child as a professor sitting at a desk in the believer's heart, lecturing to angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child knocks at the door of the believer's heart. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.