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  • Exeter College, Oxford: front. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1835, after F. Mackenzie.
  • Exeter College, Oxford: quadrangle. Line engraving by J. Basire after H. O'Neill.
  • Merton College, Oxford: bird's eye view with key. Line engraving.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • Wadham College, Oxford: from the garden. Line engraving by J. Skelton after C. Wild.
  • D. Pauli Freheri ... Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. In quo vitæ & scripta theologorum, jureconsultorum, medicorum & philosophorum tàm in Germania superiore & inferiore, quàm in aliis Europæ regionibus, Græcia nempè, Hispania, Italia, Gallia, Anglia, Polonia, Hungaria, Bohemia, Dania & Suecia a seculis aliquot, ad hæc usque tempora, florentium, secundum annorum emortalium seriem, tanquam variis in scenis repræsentantur. Opus omnibus eruditis lectu jucundissimum in quatuor partes divisum, quarum I. Theologos varios. II. Magnates, jurisconsultos & politicos. III. Medicos, chymicos, botanicos, anatomicos &c. IV. Philosophos, philologos, historicos, mathematicos, poetas, &c complectitur. Cum indice locupletissimo / [Paulus Freher].
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • Two actors performing on an open-air stage, perhaps selling medicines (?); St. Pauls cathedral is visible in the background. Engraving by J. van der Gucht.
  • A scholar pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • D. Pauli Freheri ... Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. In quo vitæ & scripta theologorum, jureconsultorum, medicorum & philosophorum tàm in Germania superiore & inferiore, quàm in aliis Europæ regionibus, Græcia nempè, Hispania, Italia, Gallia, Anglia, Polonia, Hungaria, Bohemia, Dania & Suecia a seculis aliquot, ad hæc usque tempora, florentium, secundum annorum emortalium seriem, tanquam variis in scenis repræsentantur. Opus omnibus eruditis lectu jucundissimum in quatuor partes divisum, quarum I. Theologos varios. II. Magnates, jurisconsultos & politicos. III. Medicos, chymicos, botanicos, anatomicos &c. IV. Philosophos, philologos, historicos, mathematicos, poetas, &c complectitur. Cum indice locupletissimo / [Paulus Freher].
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford: perspective view with the Bodleian Library. Line engraving by D. Loggan, after Sir C. Wren.
  • St. Mary's Church, Oxford: porch showing architectural details. Line engraving by S. Bradshaw after S. Read.
  • Queen's College, Oxford. Line engraving by J. & H.S. Storer, 1821.
  • An alchemist peacefully writing in a room strewn with papers. Engraving by V.A.L. Texier after F. Giani after T. Wyck.
  • Christ Church, Oxford: staircase to the Hall. Etching.
  • A group of three 'puffers' (uninitiated alchemists) reading books, and a credulous peasant trying his luck at alchemy, his weeping wife and miserable child trying to detain him from alchemical pursuit. Engraving by F. Godefroy after J. Steen.
  • Magdalen College, Oxford: gateway. Wood engraving by M.A. Williams.
  • Johannes Claubergius: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Christ Church, Oxford: Canterbury gate. Wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a savant in his study, instructing a group of gentlemen. Engraving, 1748.
  • An alchemist in his untidy laboratory. Etching by L. Le Grand after T. Wyck.
  • A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: with schoolchildren at the side of the Radcliffe Camera. Line engraving.
  • Friar Bacon's Study, Oxford. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1819, after a drawing in the Bodleian Library.
  • All Souls College and St. Mary's Church, Oxford: showing the gateway. Line engraving by J. Basire after H. O'Neill.
  • Christ Church, Oxford. Line engraving by G. Barrett after E. Dayes.
  • An alchemist copying a text, surrounded by apparatus, attended by his dog. Wood engraving.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: showing panoramic view of All Souls College and St. Mary's Church. Line engraving.
  • Queen's College, Oxford: bird's eye view and printed text. Line engraving.