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  • Every evening at 7.45, on a scale of grand magnificance, a new edition of the grand fairy spectacular opera, Babil & Bijou or, the lost regalia : by Dion Boucicault & J.R. Planche ... / Alhambra Theatre, manager, William Holland.
  • Allegory of surgery. Engraving with etching by B. L. Prevost.
  • Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • François Chicoyneau. Line engraving by J. G. Wille, 1744, after P. Le Sueur.
  • Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penance. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.
  • Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de Lacépède. Line engraving by J.M. Leroux after C. L. J. Hersent.
  • Pope Pius VII on the Saône near Lyons. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu.
  • Jean-François Nicéron. Line engraving by M. Lasne, 1646.
  • The martyrdom of Saint Agnes: she is stabbed, and an angel receives the martyr's palm from Christ for bestowal upon her. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Pierre Berthevin. Lithograph by J. D.
  • The risen Christ shares supper with two men at Emmaus. Etching by R. Delaunay after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
  • Gui Crescent Fagon. Line engraving by G. Edelinck, 1695, after H. Rigaud, 1694.
  • Gui Crescent Fagon. Line engraving by G. Edelinck, 1695, after H. Rigaud, 1694.
  • A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.
  • Giovanni Girolamo Sbaraglia. Etching by D. Creti, 1716.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Sorrows) appearing to Saint Francesca Romana. Etching by G. Audran after N. Poussin.
  • An infant who has been living with a wet-nurse being taken away from its foster-parents by its natural mother. Etching by R. De Launay (Delaunay), 1780, after E. Aubry.
  • Saint Laurence of Rome: his martyrdom. Engraving by G. Audran after E. Le Sueur.
  • Charles Patin. Line engraving by C. Lefebvre, 1663, after himself.
  • Charles Patin. Line engraving by C. Lefebure, 1662, after himself.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi on his deathbed, three Franciscans praying next to him, an angel playing the violin on a cloud. Etching by G. Audran after Annibale Carraci, 16--.
  • Saint Jerome: he is ordained priest. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1736, after B. de Boullogne.
  • Saint Jerome. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
  • Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.
  • Saint Ambrose: his raising into heaven. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1736, after B. Boullogne the elder.
  • A half-naked youth offers food to a snake coiled round a tree trunk. Engraving by C.-C. Bervic after J.-F.-L. Mérimée, 1798.