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A narrative of the sudden and surprizing fire which happen'd at the puppet-show at Burwell, In Cambridgeshire; On the 8th of September, 1727. With Moral Reflexions.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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An alphabetical list of the names of all such persons of the popish religion within the Kingdom of Ireland, who have licences to bear or carry arms.
Ireland. Privy Council.Date: 1705- Ephemera
By the King and Queen, a proclamation requiring the bringing in of arms lately embezelled / William R.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary)Date: 1688- Books
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The sportsman's dictionary; or, the gentleman's companion for town and country. Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. With the various methods to be observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses both for the Road and Turf; also, the management of Dogs, Game-Cocks, Dunghill-Fowls, Turkies, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Fish, Singing-Birds, Bees, &c. The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents; And The Method Of Destroying Insects, Vermin, &c. &c. Collected from the best authors, with numerous additions and improvements, And A Summary Of The Game Laws, by experienced gentlemen. Illustrated with copper-plates, Representing all the different Kinds of Nets, Snares, and Traps, that are now made Use of in Fowling; and the Implements for Angling.
Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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A plan of improvements in the construction and use of fire-arms, great and small by which the effect of both may be rendered incomparably more destructive than heretofore, ... By John Butler, ...
Butler, John, licentiate of the College of Physicians of Ireland.Date: 1795?]- Books
The anarchist cookbook / by William Powell ; with a prefatory note on anarchism today by P.M. Bergman.
Powell, William, 1949-2016Date: [1989]- Pictures
A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.
Nymark, Harald, 1925-Date: c. 1980Reference: 18194i- Books
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A dissertation on the errors of marksmen and gunmakers, and a tract upon the art of shooting flying with an essay On pointers and flushers, and remarks Upon riffle guns and Methods of Shooting with them. By that most able Park and Game-Keeper and famous Marksman, Mr. Lemon.
Lemon, Mr., active 1782.Date: [1782]- Pictures
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Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
Reference: 27038i- Pictures
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A penis in the shape of a gun labelled with words meaning "think of the condom, thank you"; representing prevention of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Gérard Paris-Clavel, 1993.
Paris-Clavel, Gérard, 1943-Date: [1993]Reference: 672749iPart of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA- Pictures
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A tooth-drawer performing to a crowd accompanied by a howling patient, a monkey and a man dressed in Roman costume. Coloured lithograph by Lavrate(?).
Reference: 16736i- Books
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A catalogue of all the curious fire arms, fine pictures, books, platte, glasses, fine wrought tables, china, wearing apparel, and other valuable effects. Belonging to the Honourable Colonel Francis Henry Lee, master of the Revels, lately deceas'd. Brought from his appartments in Somerset House, and for convenience of sale, in the great room up stairs, at the Green Doors in Little Piazza Covent-Garden: the whole may be seen from this day being Monday the 18th and every day till the time of sale, which will be on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, beginning each day at 11 o'clock precisely. Catalogues to be deliver'd at the place of sale, and at Mr. Miller's auctioneer, next door to the Golden Ball in Rupert Street, Piccadilly.
Miller, Mr., auctioneer.Date: 1730]- Archives and manuscripts
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Sales catalogue: Sotheby's
Date: 22 November 1933Reference: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/1044Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Pictures
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The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Coloured engraving by J. C. Armytage after J. Trumbull.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.Date: 1770Reference: 547586i- Pictures
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The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Engraving by J. Thomson after J. Trumbull.
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843.Date: 1770Reference: 547586i- Books
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Remarks on the present defective state of fire-arms, shewing the danger to those who carry them: together with an explanation of a newly invented patent gun-lock, by which All the present disadvantages are removed, and Simplicity, Security, and Durability substituted. By G. Bolton, Esq.
Bolton, George, Sir, -1807?.Date: 1795- Pictures
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A Montenegrin man wearing national dress with medals, with a pistol in his belt and holding a tobacco pipe.
Djordjevic, Djordjia.Reference: 528911iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Books
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Harpers Ferry armory and the new technology : the challenge of change / Merritt Roe Smith.
Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940-Date: 1977- Pictures
Russo-Japanese War: wounded Russian and Japanese soldiers lie on a hillside as one man goes in search of water. Pen and ink drawing, 1904.
Date: 1904Reference: 23880i- Pictures
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World War One: soldiers escorting wounded men from a war damaged building. Photogravure, 1916, after F. Matania.
Matania, Fortunino, 1881-1963.Date: 30 September 1916Reference: 24084i- Pictures
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Franco-German War: a French soldier high in a tree orders a group of well equipped Germans to stop firing on him. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 24573i- Books
Man at arms. Vol. 17, no. 5, September/ October 1995 / editor: Stuart C. Mowbray.
Date: 1995- Pictures
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The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and the masts of ships. Engraving by J. Thomson, 1813, after B. West, the elder, 1770.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 1813Reference: 544471i- Pictures
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A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 678316i- Pictures
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The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by C. Guttenberg, after B. West, 1770.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 1770Reference: 544473i