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  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • N. Grew, the anatomy of plants / With an ide
  • T. Birch, The History of the Royal Society
  • Perkin jubilee of the coal-tar industry / The Committee of Fifteen, Chas. F. Chandler, chairman [and others].
  • Perkin jubilee of the coal-tar industry / The Committee of Fifteen, Chas. F. Chandler, chairman [and others].
  • Perkin jubilee of the coal-tar industry / The Committee of Fifteen, Chas. F. Chandler, chairman [and others].
  • Section of the dorsal (?) rib cage showing multiply fractured ribs. Watercolour in grisaille by S. A. Sewell, ca. 1918.
  • I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
  • I.D. Waterman, seated, cross-legged, holding a carte de visite photograph. Photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
  • Above, an ephemera fly, a wild horse, a madagascar hedgehog, an euphorbia plant, a flying fish and a golden eagle; below, a stone falcon, a french eagle and a bald buzzard. Engraving by Heath.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
  • Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
  • Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, as a doctor admitting that he mislabelled medicine bottles; referring to misgovernment of Ireland and Scotland. Pencil drawing, ca. 180-.
  • A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
  • A male écorché figure, of whom only the right side of his body has been flayed. He holds the removed skin of his right side in his right hand and pulls back the skin of his left abdomen with his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure, of whom only the right side of his body has been flayed. He holds the removed skin of his right side in his right hand and pulls back the skin of his left abdomen with his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché holding a knife in his left hand, exposing his bowel with his right hand, and resting his right foot on a slab on which a cadaver lies supine. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché holding a knife in his left hand, exposing his bowel with his right hand, and resting his right foot on a slab on which a cadaver lies supine. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure in three-quarter view seen from the right, holding the skin of his legs in his right hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure, lateral view seen from the right, striding towards right, holding disc. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure in three-quarter view seen from the right, holding the skin of his legs in his right hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A male écorché figure, lateral view seen from the right, striding towards right, holding disc. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a skull in his lowered right hand. His left arm is raised with his hand held in a gesture of eloquence. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a skull in his lowered right hand. His left arm is raised with his hand held in a gesture of eloquence. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.