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  • Ashmolean Museum and Taylorian Institute, Oxford: panoramic view. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing after C.R. Cockerell.
  • The Church of England educational institution, Bolton. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1853, after R.H. Potter.
  • Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americains, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons végetau / [Tr. by J. d'Arcet.] On y a joint des observations sur la structure primitive du corps animal. Différentes expériences sur la reproduction des nerfs, et la description d'un nouveau canal de l'œil. Par M.r Felix Fontana ... [Ed. by J. Gibelin].
  • Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americains, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons végetau / [Tr. by J. d'Arcet.] On y a joint des observations sur la structure primitive du corps animal. Différentes expériences sur la reproduction des nerfs, et la description d'un nouveau canal de l'œil. Par M.r Felix Fontana ... [Ed. by J. Gibelin].
  • Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, sur les poisons americains, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons végetau / [Tr. by J. d'Arcet.] On y a joint des observations sur la structure primitive du corps animal. Différentes expériences sur la reproduction des nerfs, et la description d'un nouveau canal de l'œil. Par M.r Felix Fontana ... [Ed. by J. Gibelin].
  • Jean-Louis Petit. Line engraving by J. Balechou, 1742, after L. Vigée.
  • Marin Mersenne. Line engraving by P. Dupin, 1735.
  • Marin Mersenne. Line engraving by P. Dupin, 1735.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus. Line engraving by C.B. after the Comte de Caylus.
  • A Flemish surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by J. Daullé after D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Etching by A. Tardieu after Guilbaut.
  • A young man and a young woman walking blindfolded along an idyllic lakeside path towards a satyr; representing ignorance leading to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1925.
  • Benedictus (Baruch) Spinoza. Line engraving by E. Fessard, 1744.
  • Balthazar Georges Sage. Line engraving by F. Hubert.
  • The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
  • Thanks to the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Virtue and Truth prevent Human Pride from resisting the efforts of Nature to allow children to live a happy life. Engraving by G. Vidal after Ch. Monnet.
  • Georges de La Faye. Line engraving by N. Dupin.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • An exotic doctor magnetises a young woman; her husband looks on. Lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • A poor Savoyard woman surrounded by her children, one of whom she is breast-feeding. Engraving by N. de Larmessin III, 1746, after J.B.M. Pierre.
  • Joseph Jérome de Lalande. Line engraving by N. Dupin after A. Pujos, 1773.
  • A man is treated to a cascade of water in the name of hydropathy. Lithograph by C. Jacque, 1843.
  • An unhappy young child hung on a wall by his nurse, who has gone dancing. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1843.
  • A man influenced by the fashion for hydropathy stands in the rain and encounters a friend. Lithograph, c. 1845.
  • Fishermen going off to fish by the light of the moon. Engraving by T. Major, 1753, after A. van der Neer.
  • A druggist, a pharmacy student, a pounder (of medicine), a chemist and a pharmacist. Lithograph by J. Platier, 1842.
  • A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.
  • The circumcision of Christ. Engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after G. Bellini.
  • Giovanni Pico della Mirandola [Johannes Picus Mirandulanus]. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux after L. Beaudouin after a painting attributed to Giorgione.