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The history of the works of the learned, or, An impartial account of books lately printed in all parts of Europe.
Date: 1699-1711
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Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25650i
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Report, 1949-1951.
Canada. Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences.Date: 1951
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Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon, darinne die Gelehrten aller Stände sowohl männ-als weiblichen Geschlechts, jetzige welche vom Anfange der Welt bis auf jetzige Zeit gelebt, und sich der gelegrten Welt bekannt gemacht, nach ihrer Geburt, Leben, merckwürdigen Geschichten, Absterben und Schrifften aus den glaubwürdigsten Scribenten in alphabetischer Ordnung beschrieben werden / Hrsg. von Christian Gottlieb Jöcher.
Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb, 1694-1758.Date: 1750-1751
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Reflections upon ancient and modern learning / by William Wotton.
Wotton, William, 1666-1727.Date: 1697
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A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 35974i
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A physiognomist whose body is entirely made up of faces, sitting at a table diagnosing people's physiognomic characteristics with the help of a book. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after G. Spratt, 1831.
Spratt, G., active 1830-31.Date: 1831Reference: 35150i
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Die Eitelkeit und Unsicherheit der Wissenschaften und die Verteidigungsschrift / herausgegeben von Fritz Mauthner.
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535.Date: 1913
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A scholar's study. Etching by C.W. Sherborn, 1890.
Sherborn, Charles William, 1831-1912.Date: 1890Reference: 652658i
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The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.
Weerdt, Adriaan de, 1510-1590.Reference: 21696i
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On discovery / Polydore Vergil ; edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver.
Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555.Date: 2002
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A woman on a throne in a classroom; representing grammar. Etching by C. Schut.
Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655.Reference: 25793i
Part of: Septem artes liberales
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Traité de l'incertitude des sciences / traduit de l'anglois [by N. Berger, from 'Reflections upon learning'].
Baker, Thomas, 1656-1740.Date: 1714
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The Pandit : traditional scholarship in India / edited by Axil Michaels.
Date: 2001
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An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 35507i
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Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England : being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest / collected and edited by Thomas Oswald Cockayne ; with a new introduction by Charles Singer.
Date: 1961
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Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 25978i
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Roger Bacon conducting an alchemical experiment in a vaulted cloister. Etching by J. Nasmyth, 1845.
Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890.Date: 1845Reference: 37839i
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A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26893i
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Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.
Fetti, Domenico, approximately 1589-1623.Reference: 20080i
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History of classical scholarship from 1300 to 1850 / Rudolf Pfeiffer.
Pfeiffer, Rudolf, 1889-1979.Date: 1976
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An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Floris, Frans, 1519 or 1520-1570.Date: 1565Reference: 25651i
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A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.
Pierre, Jean-Baptiste Marie, 1714-1789.Date: 1759Reference: 26007i
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De verdiensten der hollandsche geleerden ten opzichte van Harvey's leer van den Bloedsomloop / Door A.H. Israëls ... en C.E. Daniëls.
Israëls, Abraham Hartog, 1822-1883.Date: 1883
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Mental dynamics or groundwork of a professional education : the Hunterian oration before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 15th February, 1847 / by Joseph Henry Green.
Green, Joseph Henry, 1791-1863.Date: 1847

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The history of the works of the learned, or, An impartial account of books lately printed in all parts of Europe.

Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Report, 1949-1951.

Reflections upon ancient and modern learning / by William Wotton.

A scholar-alchemist pores over a book, searching for inspiration. Etching by F. Basan after D. Teniers the younger.

A physiognomist whose body is entirely made up of faces, sitting at a table diagnosing people's physiognomic characteristics with the help of a book. Coloured lithograph by G.E. Madeley after G. Spratt, 1831.

Die Eitelkeit und Unsicherheit der Wissenschaften und die Verteidigungsschrift / herausgegeben von Fritz Mauthner.

A scholar's study. Etching by C.W. Sherborn, 1890.

The Virgin looks away from her Bible as the angel appears, bearing lilies. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. de Weerdt.

On discovery / Polydore Vergil ; edited and translated by Brian P. Copenhaver.

A woman on a throne in a classroom; representing grammar. Etching by C. Schut.

Traité de l'incertitude des sciences / traduit de l'anglois [by N. Berger, from 'Reflections upon learning'].

The Pandit : traditional scholarship in India / edited by Axil Michaels.

An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.

Roger Bacon conducting an alchemical experiment in a vaulted cloister. Etching by J. Nasmyth, 1845.

A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

Melancholia: a female figure contemplating a skull, surrounded by attributes of knowledge and learning. Engraving after D. Fetti.

History of classical scholarship from 1300 to 1850 / Rudolf Pfeiffer.

An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

A woman personifying anatomy looks searchingly into the light emanating from a corpse, but she is mortally threatened by the scythe of Time; representing anatomy's struggle with decay. Engraving by N-G. Dupuis, 1759, after J-B-M. Pierre.

De verdiensten der hollandsche geleerden ten opzichte van Harvey's leer van den Bloedsomloop / Door A.H. Israëls ... en C.E. Daniëls.

Mental dynamics or groundwork of a professional education : the Hunterian oration before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 15th February, 1847 / by Joseph Henry Green.