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The court oracle: a new miscellany. In which are contained, amongst many other curious Things, the following, viz. I. The secret history of that most celebrated prude Skirrissa; wherein the various Stratagems used by Sir Sidrophel with her Father, and their Intrigues to this Time, are amply set forth. Cum multis aliis. II. The Sequel of Tit for Tat. In a Dialogue between a Country Blackbird and a C- Goldfinch. III. The Wife's Revenge; or the impertinent Cuckold; who on Account of his ill Usage became a Prostitute: With their Proceedings at Law, and Seperation by mutual Consent. IV. The Secret History of Montizeuta: Containing an Account of her Amours; particularly with Crackezuma, a grand Scribe: The Discovery of her indecent Behaviour with him; her comical Adventure with a Gentleman at a Country Village, who enjoy'd her by a Stratagem, when she thought to pass undiscover'd; her extravagant Gestures at the Sight of the Corpse of her Paramour, the Scribe, who died of a loathsome Distemper; and her dressing herself in a Widow's Apparel on Account of his Death. V. An Officer and no Soldier. A Poem. Inscribed to the D-s of B-n and A - le. VI. Verses most humbly inscribed to the Right Hon, the Earl of Scarborough, on his resigning his Post of Master of the Horse to his Majesty. Vii. The History of a Knight and no Gentleman. Inscrib'd to Sir R- F-. Viii. A dialogue between two Jews, concerning the bill depending in Parliament for preventing stockjobbing. To which is added, The fair Jewess triumphant: OR Jacob's Folly in Attempting to Wrestie with an Angel.
Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- 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- Pictures
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Chalmers hospital, Banff, Scotland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1862 after W.G. Smith after W.L. Moffatt.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: 1862Reference: 15444i- Books
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J. Todd's catalogue for 1795. A catalogue of valuable books, ancient and modern, in various languages, and in every class of Literature. Including the entire Library of The Rev. and Learned Anth. Temple, M. A. Late Master of the Grammar-School at Richmond, and Vicar of Easby. And several other Libraries and Parcels of Books lately purchased. Amongst which are the following scarce and curious Articles: Bill's Vegetable System, 26 vol. Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, 2 vol. Dugdale's Antiquities of York Thoresby's History of Leeds Parkinson's theater of Plants - - Russia gorrarde's Herbal, by Johnson. - - Russia Rapin's History of England, 5 vol. Gardnor's Views on the Rhine Raphael's Ceilings in the Vatican Stubbs's Anatomy of a Horse Philosophical Transactions, 56 vol. Capt. Cook's last voyage, fine impressions, 4 vol. Monthly Review and index, 86 vol. Johnson's Works of English Poets, 75 vol. Gilpin on Ornamental Landscape, &c. 9 vol. Codex T. Bezae, Cantabrigiensis, 2 vol. Sebae Thesaurus Retum Nat. 4 vol. Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, 8 vol. Diodoras Siculus, Gr. Lat. Wesselingli, 2 vol 2 Constantini Lexicon, Gr. Lat. edit. opt. Encyclopedic, public par Diderot, 25 tom. Scapulae Lexicon, Gr. Lat. edit. opt. Ciceronis Opera-Omnia, 10 vol. Reaumur, Histoire des Insectes, 6 tom. Salustio en Espanol . . . . Madrid 2772 Histoire dea Ordres Monastiques, 8 tom. Virgilii Opera, Burmanni, 4 vol. Principales Avantures de Don Quichotte Decameron de Jean Boccace, 5 tom. Buffon Oeuvres Completes, 58 tom. Anacreontis Carmina, Graece. Parma 1791 The Books will begin to be sold, at the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on Monday the 12th of October, and continue till Christmas next, By J. Todd, Bookseller, Stationer, and Printseller, In Stonegate, York. - The full value for Libraries, Parcels of Books, and Prints. Catalogues, Price 1s. may be had of Mr. Faulder, Bookseller, New Bond-Street, Mr. Baldwin, Bookseller, Pater-Noster-Row, London, and at the Place of Sale.
Todd, John, -1811.Date: 1795]- Archives and manuscripts
Grüneberg, Professor Hans
Grüneberg, Hans, 1907-1982.Date: 1922-1982Reference: PP/GRU- Archives and manuscripts
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Lowdham, Caleb (fl. 1665-1712), surgeon, Exeter
Lowdham, Caleb, fl. 1665-1712.Date: Late 17th century - early 18th centuryReference: MS.7073- Books
The idea of disability in the eighteenth century / edited by Chris Mounsey.
Date: [2014]- Pictures
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The birth of King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1710]Reference: 17562iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs, and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records, and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one view, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our Kings; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1778]- Books
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An historical description of the Tower of London, and its curiosities. Giving an Account 1. Of its Foundation, gradual Increase, and present State. 2. Of its Government, Customs and Privileges. 3. Of its Antiquities, Records and Curiosities. 4. Of the Lions, and other wild Beasts kept there; their Nature and Properties. 5. Of the Spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the History of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small Armory; in which, at one View, may be seen Arms for 80,000 Men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery; comprehending the various Engines of Destruction used in War. 8. Of the Horse Armory; with curious Anecdotes relating to the Kings that sit there on Horseback in full Armour, from William the Conqueror, to his late Majesty. 9. Of the Jewel - Office, and the Regalia, used at the Coronation of our King; and the Story of Col. Blood's attempting to steal away the Crown. 10. Of the Mint, and the Manner of stamping Money. Written chiefly to direct the Attention of Spectators to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen.
Henry, David, 1710-1792.Date: [1782]- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company
Date: 1997-2001Reference: WF/M/AV/O/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
Flies & Opening ceremony, metropolitan police laboratory.
Date: [1910?] and [London :- Archives and manuscripts
Professor R A Peters (1889-1982): British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) and treatment of post-arsphenamine jaundice
Peters, Rudolph Albert, Sir, 1889-1982Date: 1941-1953Reference: GC/197- Videos
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An appeal from the heart to the pocket.
Date: 1925- Videos
Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949- Film
Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949- Videos
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Let's get an effect.
Date: 1949- Pictures
Distended, congenitally defective, kidney malformed in the shape of a horse-shoe in a 55-year old man with thrombosis. Pencil drawing by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1947.
Nicholson, BarbaraDate: 1947Reference: 32101iPart of: Barbara Nicholson medical illustration collection.- Film
An appeal from the heart to the pocket.
Date: 1925- Videos
An appeal from the heart to the pocket.
Date: 1925- Pictures
The game of goose applied to the life of king Henri IV and the Bourbon restoration. Engraving, 1816.
Date: [1816]Reference: 2969770i- Pictures
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The execution of rebels during the Rebellion in Naples and Sicily in 1647. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, with engraving by J. Aliamet, 1781.
Date: 1781Reference: 43469i- Videos
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The story of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.
Date: 1955- Books
Botanical medicines : the desk reference for major herbal supplements / Dennis J. McKenna, Kenneth Jones, Kerry Hughes, with Sheila Humphrey.
McKenna, Dennis J., 1950-Date: 2011- Archives and manuscripts
Manuscript poems
Date: c. 1730Reference: MS.3421