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  • A mole; trees in the background. Engraving by L. Legrand after J. de Seve.
  • A woman waking up in her bed being attended to by two maidservants. Process print after A.L. Romanet, 1776, after S. Freudeberg after J.H. Eberts.
  • Anna Maria Herig, a girl with a skin disease: posterior view. Line engraving by L.M. Halbou, after J. de Sève, 1777.
  • The entrails of a horse (?), showing the bladder. Engraving by F. Basan, 1753, after J. de Seve.
  • A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • A cat born with two heads. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1756, after J. De Sève.
  • Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Wax model of the human male generative organs and viscera, made by an anonymous collaborator of La Croix from dissections made by M. Faget while surgeon at the Hôpital Général de la Salpêtrière. Engraving by R. Gaillard after J. De Seve, 1749.
  • Seven insects, including an earwig, a glow worm and four different beetles. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.
  • Ten insects, including an ichneumon, a gnat and a king, a queen, a labourer and a soldier ant. Engraving by G. F. Schroeder, ca. 1822.
  • A sloth; sloth in a tree in background. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after J. de Seve, 1765.
  • Saint Bruno refuses an archbishopric. Etching by L.M Y. Queverdo and C. Niquet after S. Bourdon after E. Le Sueur.
  • Top, a mole; bottom, an écorché mole. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Amériquain, 1760.
  • Top, the lesser horseshoe bat; bottom, a bat with large ears. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Ameriquain, 1760.
  • Top, a barbastelle bat; bottom, a pipistrelle bat. Engraving by J.C. Baquoy after Buvée l'Ameriquain, 1760.
  • A wax model of the brain and head (figs 1-2) by F. La Croix after G. Duverney and a wax model of a section of the brain made by Russel, "chirurgien major des Gardes-du-corp" (fig. 3) Engraving by Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Apollo. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and Niquet the younger and engraving by C. Niquet after Bourdon.
  • Venus [Aphrodite]. Etching by L.M.Y. Quéverdo and J. Pillement and engraving by C. Niquet the elder after Bourdon.
  • A wax model of the brain made by F. La Croix after dissections by G. J. Duverney. Engraving by P.E. Moitte after J. de Sève, 1749.
  • Wax models of the head and neck (figs 1-3), and of the right hemisphere of the brain (figs 4-5), made by G. G. Zumbo. Engraving by J. Robert after M. Basseporte, 1749.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.