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The little hunch-back: or, a frolic in Bagdad. A farce. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, with universal applause. Written by John O'Keeffe. Author Of Tony Lumpkin In Town-Son-IN-Law-Dead Alive-Agreeable Surprize-Positive Man-Castle Of Andalusia-Poor Soldier-Birth-Day; OR, Prince Of Arragon-Fontainbleau; OR, Our Way In France-The Beggar ON Horseback-Young Quaker-Peeping Tom-Siege Of Curzola-Love In A Camp; OR, Patrick In Prussia-Farmer-Prisoner At Large-Highland Reel-The Toy-Pharo Bank, &c. -
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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Le diable dans un benitier, & la métamorphose du gazetier cuirassé en mouche. Ou tentative du Sieur Receveur, Inspecteur de la Police de Paris, Chevalier de St. Louis; pour établir à Londres une police à l'instar de celle de Paris. Dédié á Monseigneur le Marquis de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d' Etat au Département de la Marine, &c. &c. &c. Revú, corrigé & augmenté, par Mr. L'Abbé Aubert, Censeur - Royal. Pa Pierre Le Roux, Ingénieur des Grands Chemins.
La Fitte, Anne-Gédéon, marquis de Pellepore, 1755?-1810?.Date: [1784?]- Books
No need for geniuses : revolutionary science in the Age of the Guillotine / Steve Jones.
Jones, Steve, 1944-Date: 2016- Books
La Révolution française et les hôpitaux parisiens : bicentenaire de la Révolution Française / [rédigé par N. Sainte Fare Garnot].
Date: 1989- Books
Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655 - Londres, 1725) : l'ambition du dessin parfait / François Marandet.
Marandet, FrançoisDate: [2021]- Digital Images
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Compass Microscope - 18th century development of the Murschenbroek simple microscope. It has a circular disc carrying lens of various powers.
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Dottrine e metodi assistenziali dal 1789 al 1848. Italia - Francia - Inghilterra / [Arnaldo Cherubini].
Cherubini, Arnaldo.Date: 1958- Books
L'electricité médicale dans la France des Lumières / François Zanetti.
Zanetti, FrançoisDate: 2017- Books
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A rhapsody on the present system of French politics; on the projected invasion, and the means to defeat it. Illustrated with plans, on three copper plates. By - , a Chelsea pensioner.
Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.Date: M,DCC,LXX,IX. [1779]- Books
The colonial machine : French science and overseas expansion in the old regime / James E. McClellan III, François Regourd.
McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946-Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
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Oeuvres de Vicq-d'Azyr, recueillies et publiées avec des notes et un discours sur sa vie et ses ouvrages / par Jacq. L. Moreau (de la Sarthe).
Date: 1805- Books
Boilly (1761-1845) / catalogue sous la direction d'Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies et Florence Raymond.
Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
La mort des rois : documents sur les derniers jours de souverains français et espagnols, de Charles Quint à Louis XV / textes réunis, traduits et presentés par Saint Perez.
Date: [2006]- Pictures
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A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831.Date: [1783]Reference: 21778i- Pictures
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A German itinerant medicine vendor on horseback selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, after J. Bertaux, 1776.
Bertaux, Jacques, 1745-1818.Date: [1777]Reference: 546400i- Pictures
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A large gathering of patients and assistants to Mesmer's animal magnetism therapy, showing use of the special tub at his clinic. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat.
Thiriat, Henri.Reference: 11826i- Books
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The life and adventures of Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, most unhappy wife. In three parts. Containing, I An Account of her Birth in France, and coming to England. - II. Her marriage in London with a Brewer, who run out of his Estate, and left her with five Children. - III. Hercohabiting with her Landlord; their Journey to Paris, where he was robbed and murdered. - IV. Her being fell in Love with by the Prince of-; and seeing her husband in the Gens d'arms Guard. The Prince leaves her, &c. - V. The Dealings she had with a Dutch Merchant and a Jew, the latter of whom wanted to defraud her of a great part of her jewels: her going to Rotterdam, where she sees the Dutch Merchant, to whom she soon after became a Bedfellow. - VI. Her Return to England, where she had the Name of Roxana. Her Marriage with the Dutch Merchant in London, who was naturalized and created a Baronet. The Miseries she and her Maid Amy afterwards fell into. Adorned with a curious Print of Roxana, in her Turkish Dress.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1765- Pictures
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A child blowing bubbles. Engraving by J.G. Wille, 1761, after G. Netscher, 1670 (?).
Netscher, Caspar, 1635 or 1636-1684.Date: 1761Reference: 25998i- Pictures
A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
Bertaux, Jacques, 1745-1818.Date: [1777]Reference: 20598i- Books
Vivre en quarantaine das les ports de Marseille aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles : 17 mars - 13 juin 1987 / [Musée d'Histoire de Marseille].
Musée d'histoire de Marseille.Date: [1987?]- Books
Histoire des amphithéatres d'anatomie : l'enseignement de l'anatomie à Paris du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle / Pierre-Louis Laget.
Laget, Pierre-Louis, 1950-Date: [1996]- Pictures
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Le Chevalier D'Éon, a man who passed as a woman: shown half in woman's, half in man's attire. Engraving.
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The enlightenment: humanity and scaffold.
Date: 1994- Pictures
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Dr Richard Price kneeling on a large crown (with a demon on his back) to look through a peep-hole at a group of ruffians ransacking Marie Antoinette's bedroom; representing a speech by Price which allegedly advocated the French Revolution. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1790 (?).
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 12 December [1790?]Reference: 12178i- Pictures
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A woman breast feeding her baby in the family's home and workshop; perhaps a comparison to the Holy Family. Engraving by J. Le Bas and P. Martini, 1772, after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.Date: 1772Reference: 17426i