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  • The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • The Last Judgment: the world lies in ruins and sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils. Engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • The Last Judgment: the graves open and the dead emerge. Line engraving by P. de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum affectibus commentarii Graecorum, Latinorum, Barbarorum, jam olim et nunc recens editorum: in tres [i.e. quatuor] tomos digesti / [Editi per Casparum Bauhinum] Et necessariis passim imaginibus illustrati.
  • Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum affectibus commentarii Graecorum, Latinorum, Barbarorum, jam olim et nunc recens editorum: in tres [i.e. quatuor] tomos digesti / [Editi per Casparum Bauhinum] Et necessariis passim imaginibus illustrati.
  • Saint Matthias. Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1583.
  • A choir of six grotesque people singing from a songbook open on a shelf. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • Saint Jerome: he is ordained priest. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1736, after B. de Boullogne.
  • Saint Ambrose: his raising into heaven. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1736, after B. Boullogne the elder.
  • Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • Two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade off the battlefield. Coloured lithograph by C. de Lasteyrie after J.H. Marlet, 1817.
  • The actor Guillot-Gorju in character as Scaramouche, in a theatrical caricature of a doctor. Coloured etching by A.E. Guillaumot, 1885, after J. Falck.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by Peter Gleich after L.C. de Carmontelle.
  • A French tavern with men at a table in the open air drinking a toast to good health. Lithograph by F. Noël after L. Boilly, 1826.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Engraving by J.J. Balechou, 1743, after E. Jeaurat.