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The definitive treaty of peace and friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February, 1763. To which, The King of Portugal acceded on the same Day. Published by Authority.
Date: 1763- Books
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The life of the Mareschal Duke of Richelieu. Favourite of Louis XIV. & XV. Comprizing an interesting period of eighty years; interspersed with historical and political remarks and anecdotes of the court, during the reign of those monarchs: with authentic letters from Louis XV. Cardinal de Fleury, Madam de Pompadour, &c. and the Duke's correspondence with the King's Ministers, during his important services at Vienna, Genoa, and Minorca. Translated from the French edition, published in 1791. In three volumes. ...
Date: 1796-97- Pictures
Robert François Damiens. Etching.
Date: [1757?]Reference: 2010748i- Archives and manuscripts
Astruc, Jean (1684-1766)
Astruc, Jean (1684-1766)Date: 1741-1743Reference: MS.8678- Pictures
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A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809Date: [1762]Reference: 12163i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0000214: Nachet collection: boxfoot Cuff microscope
Date: August 1929Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/3/74Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive