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Christopher Columbus and his crew, arriving in America, kneel before the Cross as a priest holds up the Host; native Americans look on. Engraving by J. Knight (the lettering) and by W. Humphrys, 1844, after J.J. Barralet.
Barralet, John James, approximately 1747-1815.Date: 1844Reference: 30004i
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A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.
Date: 1651Reference: 24939i
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The microcosm (man) and the macrocosm (the world). Line engraving by T. de Bry, 1617.
Date: 1617Reference: 2989i
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A man setting out into a forest to collect resin from conifers. Engraving, 1679.
Axt, Johann Conrad, active 1669-1681.Date: 1679Reference: 588759i
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Trephination, preparation of medicines from raw materials, a skeleton, a muscleman and a portrait of A. Paré. Line engraving.
Date: 1649Reference: 22242i
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The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.
Hole, William, -1624.Date: 1636Reference: 567558i
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The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
Glover, George, approximately 1618-Date: 1639Reference: 567562i
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Galen treating an athlete by letting blood from his arm. Woodcut, 1541.
Date: 1541Reference: 567360i
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A title page illustrated with a grebe, an eagle and a heron. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.
Barlow, Francis, 1622-1704.Date: 1690Reference: 42801i
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Titlepage to Voigtlaender's Wandtafeln. Letterpress, 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 579068i
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An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.
Date: 1685Reference: 25120i
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A baroque monument decorated with Apollo holding a lyre and Aesculapius holding a book and a cockerel; portrait of Johann Freitag the Younger in a roundel on the pediment. Engraving by M. Haffner, 1678.
Freitag, Johann, the Younger, 1587-1654.Date: 1678Reference: 588754i
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Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
Ward, Samuel, -1639.Date: 1627Reference: 25926i
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Title page for the series of thirty-six views of the Eastern capital, Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige.
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.Reference: 36935i
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Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: 1692Reference: 567825i
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An anatomy theatre with statues of the anatomists Vesalius and Spigelius; a corpse on a table in the background. Engraving, 1672.
Diemerbroeck, Ysbrand van, 1609-1674.Date: 1672Reference: 567802i
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Title page to a series of thirty-six views of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada and Hiroshige, late 1850s.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [late 1850s?]Reference: 36954i
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A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.
Date: [1890]Reference: 24614i
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People personifying empires, continents, cities and rural areas, and rivers. Etching by R. de Hooghe.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1708]Reference: 2535480i
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Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
Date: 1660Reference: 25005i
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Above, Alexis of Piedmont and Albertus Magnus; centre, William Harvey and Francis Bacon drawing aside a curtain to reveal secrets; below, Dr. R. Read, Johann Jacob Wecker, Ramon Lull. Etching by R. Gaywood, 1660.
Date: [1660]Reference: 567664i
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An anatomical dissection by Reinier de Graaf, taking place in a room with a patient in bed. Reproduction, 1927, of an engraving by G. Wingendorp, 1671.
Date: 1927Reference: 25267i
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A woman representing pharmacy receives gifts of materia medica from vegetable and mineral sources, and with the aid of a herbal distils them into medicines; above, Apollo gives authority to Hippocrates as other Olympians stand outside the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by R. de Hooghe.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1672]Reference: 567800i
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Hygieia, Telesphorus and Aesculapius watch the presentation of exotic plants to a woman representing Knowledge (?), under the protection of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum, while a crowd of sick people wait expectantly. Engraving, 16--.
Date: 1652-1699Reference: 567797i
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A doctor (Melchior Sebisch the younger?) seated holding the staff of Aesculapius; a dog, a cockerel, an owl and a dragon next to him. Engraving, 1661.
Date: 1661Reference: 567735i

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Christopher Columbus and his crew, arriving in America, kneel before the Cross as a priest holds up the Host; native Americans look on. Engraving by J. Knight (the lettering) and by W. Humphrys, 1844, after J.J. Barralet.

A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

The microcosm (man) and the macrocosm (the world). Line engraving by T. de Bry, 1617.

A man setting out into a forest to collect resin from conifers. Engraving, 1679.

Trephination, preparation of medicines from raw materials, a skeleton, a muscleman and a portrait of A. Paré. Line engraving.

The contrite heart is tormented by Grief and Fear, but secured by Faith and Hope, while Love wounds it with one hand and soothes it with another; above, the Tetragrammaton, and below, the portrait of John Hayward in a roundel. Engraving by T. Cecill, 1636, after W. Hole.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

Galen treating an athlete by letting blood from his arm. Woodcut, 1541.

A title page illustrated with a grebe, an eagle and a heron. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

Titlepage to Voigtlaender's Wandtafeln. Letterpress, 1870.

An anatomical dissection taking place in a hall decorated with musclemen and human and animal skeletons in niches. Engraving with etching, 1685.

A baroque monument decorated with Apollo holding a lyre and Aesculapius holding a book and a cockerel; portrait of Johann Freitag the Younger in a roundel on the pediment. Engraving by M. Haffner, 1678.

Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.

Title page for the series of thirty-six views of the Eastern capital, Edo. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige.

Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.

An anatomy theatre with statues of the anatomists Vesalius and Spigelius; a corpse on a table in the background. Engraving, 1672.

Title page to a series of thirty-six views of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada and Hiroshige, late 1850s.

A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.

People personifying empires, continents, cities and rural areas, and rivers. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.

Above, Alexis of Piedmont and Albertus Magnus; centre, William Harvey and Francis Bacon drawing aside a curtain to reveal secrets; below, Dr. R. Read, Johann Jacob Wecker, Ramon Lull. Etching by R. Gaywood, 1660.

An anatomical dissection by Reinier de Graaf, taking place in a room with a patient in bed. Reproduction, 1927, of an engraving by G. Wingendorp, 1671.

A woman representing pharmacy receives gifts of materia medica from vegetable and mineral sources, and with the aid of a herbal distils them into medicines; above, Apollo gives authority to Hippocrates as other Olympians stand outside the temple of Aesculapius. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

Hygieia, Telesphorus and Aesculapius watch the presentation of exotic plants to a woman representing Knowledge (?), under the protection of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum, while a crowd of sick people wait expectantly. Engraving, 16--.

A doctor (Melchior Sebisch the younger?) seated holding the staff of Aesculapius; a dog, a cockerel, an owl and a dragon next to him. Engraving, 1661.