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Venus reclining upon a fish in the sea; Cupid flies above her holding an oyster shell and pearls. Engraving after P.C. Tremolière.
Tremolière, Pierre Charles, 1703-1739.Reference: 34331i- Books
[Book review] / [Benjamin Ward Richardson].
Richardson, Benjamin Ward, 1828-1896Date: 1892- Pictures
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Villiers Street, Strand: the north-east part, including the shop of William Challice, chemist and druggist; Alsopp's dining and oyster rooms; and a cigar shop. Photograph, 189-.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]Reference: 46941i- Books
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Paul Jones: or the Fife coast garland. A heroi-comical poem. In four parts. In which is contained the oyster wives of Newhaven's letter to Lord Sandwich.
Date: Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- Pictures
An inexperienced student doctor taking the pulse of a patient in his bed. Coloured etching by A.M. Mills, 1806.
Mills, Alfred, 1776-1833.Date: 3 February 1806Reference: 11180i- Books
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Fools have fortune: or, a guinea gave for an oyster. Being Gogmagog's confession. With an exact copy of the letter of license granted to the whimsical lawyer of Chancery-Lane. Written by W.S. a brother of the quill.
W. S., brother of the quill.Date: 1707- Pictures
A young Belgian woman, wearing a multi-patterned peasant dress, holding an empty wicker basket, in a photographic studio. Photograph by Sablaise.
Sablaise.Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 532491iPart of: People in traditional dress.- Books
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New-York, Aug. 29, 1775. Fresh news, just arrived from Gen. Wooster. Oyster Ponds, 27th Aug. 1775. Sir, Your favor of the 11th instant came duly to hand, and I should have sailed for Haerlem, without loss of time, had not I received the following important intelligence fro Gen. Washington, viz. ...
Wooster, David, 1711-1777.Date: 1775]- Books
Mind thief : the story of Alzheimer's / Han Yu.
Yu, Han, 1980-Date: [2021]- Books
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Rules and orders of the Courts of King's Bench and common pleas from the 3d. of Queen Anne to Trinity term the 6th. and 7th. of King George the second, inclusive. With an abstract of the acts of Parliament relating both to the practice and practicers of the law.
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.Date: MCCXXXIII. [i.e. 1733]- Books
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The chafing-dish supper / by Christine Terhune Herrick.
Herrick, Christine Terhune, 1859-1944.Date: 1906, ©1894- Pictures
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While dining with two women, a man pleasures one of them with his foot. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1830.
Date: 1830Reference: 45068i- Books
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[E. & T. Pink's prices current]. No. 234, January 25, 1896 / E. & T. Pink. / E. & T. Pink.
E. & T. Pink (Firm)Date: 1896- Pictures
A voluptuary surprised by death. Oil painting by Frans Francken II.
Francken, Frans, 1581-1642.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 45062i- Books
Street food : hawkers and the history of London / Charlie Taverner.
Taverner, CharlieDate: 2023- Books
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Jonas and Joshua: or, a conference betwixt a country parson and his parishioner, about some of the clergy's domineering over the layety; that is, their Preaching and Voting them out of all Property in their Bodies and Souls. By E. H. and L. M. Late Overseers of the Poor in Constantine the Great's Parish, near the Place from whence we have the best Well-Fleet Oysters.
E. H.Date: [1706]- Books
Enigmas of health and disease : how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries / Alfredo Morabia.
Morabia, AlfredoDate: [2014]- Books
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Observations and remarks made during a voyage to the islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands nea Van Diemen's Land; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from thence to Canton, in the brig Mercury, commanded by John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with a sketch of the island of Amsterdam, a plan of Oyster Harbour at the Maria Islands, with some views of the land; a curious medal; and a club accurately engraved. By Lieut. George Mortimer, of the Marines.
Mortimer, George.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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In the press, printing by subscription, in one volume royal quarto, Observations and remarks made during a voyage to the islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands near Van Dieman's Land; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, Oonalaska, Tinian, and from Thence to Canton, in the brig Mercury, Commanded by the Owner, John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with a Sketch of the Island of Amsterdam, a Plan of Oyster Harbour at the Maria Islands, with Some Views of the Land; a Curious Medal and a Club Accurately Engraved. By Lieut. George Mortimer, of the Marines. Subscriptions are received by T. Cadell, in the Strand; J. Robson, Bond-Street; and J. Sewell, Cornhill,
Mortimer, George.Date: [ 1791]- Digital Images
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Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Shellfish
Li Jianyuan (Ming period, 1368-1644)- Books
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The midnight rambler; or, new nocturnal spy, for the present year. Containing a complete description of the modern transactions of London and Westminster, from the hours of nine in the evening, till six in the morning. Exhibiting Great Variety Of Midnight Scenes and Adventures In Real Life, Both Serious And Comic: Wherein Are Displayed The Various Humours and Transactions of the different Inhabitants of the Metropolis - from the Duke in High, down to the Cobler in Low Life - and from the Dutchess in St. James's, down to the Oyster Woman at Billingsgate, &c. &c. Illustrated With Real Characters, and Whimsical Anecdotes, Of several Votaries of Bacchus and Venus, from the First-Rate Bucks, Bloods, and Filles de Joye, down to those in more Humble Stations; as well as those in more deplorable Conditions, whose utmost Prospects are through the Bars of a Prison. Also the Characters of Gaolers, Round-House Keepers, Mercenary Beadles, Reforming Constables, &c. &c.
Date: [1772?]- Pictures
Eleven bivalve molluscs. Coloured etching by M. Harris.
Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.Date: 10 February 1787Reference: 40481i- Books
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The particulars of a valuable freehold estate, situate in Mersey Island, within ten miles of the capital market town of Colchester, in the county of Essex; consisting of the manor of Reeves Hall, with the quit Rents, Fines, and Immunities, and Reeves Hall farm, containing three hundred and eighty acres two roods and fifteen perches, of arable and marsh land, with a good farm house and suitable out-buildings; also, Eighty-Two Acres and Six Perches of Salt and Fresh Marsh Land, over which certain Persons have limited Rights of Common; and likewise rights over seventy-three acres and upwards of another Salt Marsh; on lease, which expires at Michaelmas, 1803, to Mr. Thomas Harvey, at a very low rent of only One Hundred and Eighty Pounds per Annum; also, an oyster creek, let at Five Pounds per Annum: which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Skinner, on Wednesday the 31st of January, 1798, At Twelve O'Clock, At Garraway's Coffee House, 'change Alley, London.
Skinner, Dyke, and Skinner (London, England)Date: 1798]- Ephemera
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Stony covering of the skin.
Date: [1834]- Ephemera
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An extraordinary freak of nature, or, a man encrusted with a barnacle or stone-like skin.
Date: [1834]