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A surgeon bleeding Ragotin's arm - upon waking and attempting to get dressed he discovered his clothes were too tight and he believes his body has swollen in the night. Engraving.
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Poetical reflexions, moral, comical, satyrical, &c. On the vices and follies of the age, Containing, I. An elegy on the death of W-m El-s, who kept the Punch-House in H-k-Court, and serv'd 177 publick houses, in and about London, with that liquor. II. On a plumb-cake, which the Burrough of G-d prsented King - III. with, at his going to Embark for Spain; and a speech that was made by the city of C-y, at his arrival there. III. An extempore thought on Mrs. Priaulx's begging a play-day for some school boys. IV. In La[u]dem Caroli Suucorum regis ab Hostibus Conjuratis undiq; petiti. V. On the death of King William. Written by a Lady. VI. The fable of the bull and the frog. VII. Fair warring to seditious scriblers. VIII. A lampoon on the Cambridge Beaus. IX. Britain's wish for the Duke of Marlborough's return. In imitation of the fifth ode of the fourth book of Horace. Inscrib'd to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. X. On Mr. Day, that liv'd at the Sign of the Horse-Shoe, who lay'd the key under the door, and out-ran his landlord. XI. On Clarinda, mask'd. XII. The genius of London, to Sir Charles Duncombe, on his being chose Lord Mayor for the year 1709. Made the beginning of October. Part the tenth. To be continu'd occasionally. By several good Hands.
Date: [1708?]- Pictures
Pierre-Louis Laideguive. Etching by Ch. Waltner after M.Q. de Latour.
La Tour, Maurice Quentin de, 1704-1788.Date: [187?-?]Reference: 2136642i- Books
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The drunkard's legacy in four parts. First - Of a gentleman's having a wild son, and sore-seeing he would come to Poverty, had a Cottage built with one Door to it, always kept fast. His Father on his Dying-Bed, charged him not to open it 'till he was poor and slighted, which the Young Man promised he would perform. Secondly - Of the Young Man's pawning his Estate to a Vintner, who when poor, kicked him out of Doors. Thinking it Time to see his Legacy, he broke open the Door, where instead of Money, found a Gibbet and a Halter, which he put round his Neck, and jumping off the Stool, the Gibbet broke, and a Thousand Pounds came down upon his Head, which lay hid in the Ceiling. Thirdly-Of his redeeming the Estate; and fooling the Vintner out of Two Hundred Pounds, who for fear of being jeered by his Neighbours, cut his own Throat. And lastly, - Of the young man's reformation. Very proper to be read by all who are given to drunkenness.
Date: [1800?]- Books
Arnould de Vuez (Saint-Omer, 1644-Lille, 1720) : peindre en Flandre sous Louis XIV / Fraṅois Marandet.
Date: 2021- Pictures
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Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris, with his mistress, both represented as chickens. Etching, 1791.
Date: 1791Reference: 15982i- Pictures
A gentlemen pays an unexpected call on a lady friend only to discover she is in the middle of having an enema. Line engraving by F. Dequevauviller, 1786, after N. Lafrensen the younger.
Lafrensen, Niklas, 1737-1807.Date: [1786]Reference: 15864i- Books
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Le diable dans un benitier, & la métamorphose du gazetier cuirassé en mouche. Ou tentative du Sieur Receveur, Inspecteur de la Police de Paris, Chevalier de St. Louis; pour établir à Londres une police à l'instar de celle de Paris. Dédié á Monseigneur le Marquis de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d' Etat au Département de la Marine, &c. &c. &c. Revú, corrigé & augmenté, par Mr. L'Abbé Aubert, Censeur - Royal. Pa Pierre Le Roux, Ingénieur des Grands Chemins.
La Fitte, Anne-Gédéon, marquis de Pellepore, 1755?-1810?.Date: [1784?]- Books
Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655 - Londres, 1725) : l'ambition du dessin parfait / François Marandet.
Marandet, FrançoisDate: [2021]- Books
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The little hunch-back: or, a frolic in Bagdad. A farce. In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, with universal applause. Written by John O'Keeffe. Author Of Tony Lumpkin In Town-Son-IN-Law-Dead Alive-Agreeable Surprize-Positive Man-Castle Of Andalusia-Poor Soldier-Birth-Day; OR, Prince Of Arragon-Fontainbleau; OR, Our Way In France-The Beggar ON Horseback-Young Quaker-Peeping Tom-Siege Of Curzola-Love In A Camp; OR, Patrick In Prussia-Farmer-Prisoner At Large-Highland Reel-The Toy-Pharo Bank, &c. -
O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
No need for geniuses : revolutionary science in the Age of the Guillotine / Steve Jones.
Jones, Steve, 1944-Date: 2016- Books
La Révolution française et les hôpitaux parisiens : bicentenaire de la Révolution Française / [rédigé par N. Sainte Fare Garnot].
Date: 1989- Books
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Priestcraft defended. A sermon occasioned by the expulsion of six young gentlemen from the University of Oxford, for praying, reading, and expounding the Scriptures. Humbly dedicated to Mr. V- C-r and the H-ds of H-s, by their humble servant, the shaver.
Macgowan, John, 1726-1780.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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A new epitome of the annals of Great-Britain: or, a succinct, impartial history of England, from the remotest period of intelligence to the conclusion of the last war. Containing A satisfactory Account of every interesting Occurrence and memorable Character, relative to English History, both at Home and Abroad. Particularly its Origin; the Progress of its Empire; Laws; Civil and Religious Establishment; its various remarkable Operations, Naval and Military; with the Transactions of the most celebrated Personages who distinguished themselves in a Political, Ecclesiastical, or Military Capacity. - Interspersed with Cuts of all the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to George III. inclusive. - With an Introduction, on the Constitution and Polity of Great-Britain; its Division into Counties, and the principal Towns in each, their Disance from London, &c. To which is prefixed, a new and correct Map of England. Useful for Youth at Schools, as well as others who are desirous of retaining what they have read of the History of their Country. The second edition, enlarged and corrected. By G. Grey.
Grey, G. (Gilbert).Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
Dottrine e metodi assistenziali dal 1789 al 1848. Italia - Francia - Inghilterra / [Arnaldo Cherubini].
Cherubini, Arnaldo.Date: 1958- Books
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Oeuvres de Vicq-d'Azyr, recueillies et publiées avec des notes et un discours sur sa vie et ses ouvrages / par Jacq. L. Moreau (de la Sarthe).
Date: 1805- Books
L'electricité médicale dans la France des Lumières / François Zanetti.
Zanetti, FrançoisDate: 2017- Books
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A rhapsody on the present system of French politics; on the projected invasion, and the means to defeat it. Illustrated with plans, on three copper plates. By - , a Chelsea pensioner.
Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.Date: M,DCC,LXX,IX. [1779]- Books
The seconde parte of William Turner's Herball : wherein are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke / Latin / Duche / Frenche / and in the Apothecaries Latin / and somtyme in Italiene / wyth the vertues of the same herbes wyth diuerse confutationes of no small errours / that men of no small learning haue committed in the intreatinge of herbes of late yeares. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in Englande / and of the vertues of the same wyth diuerse other bathes moste holsum and effectuall / both in Almany and Englande ... / set furth by William Turner Doctor of Physik.
Turner, William, -1568.Date: In the yeare of our Lorde 1562- Books
The colonial machine : French science and overseas expansion in the old regime / James E. McClellan III, François Regourd.
McClellan, James E., III (James Edward), 1946-Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Boilly (1761-1845) / catalogue sous la direction d'Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies et Florence Raymond.
Boilly, Louis, 1761-1845.Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
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The guardian goddess of health: or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases; and of enjoying peace and happiness of body and of mind to the longest possible period of human existence: with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness. To which is added, an account of the composition, preparation, and properties of the three great medicines prepared and dispensed at the Temple of Health, Adelphi, and at the Temple of Hymen, Pall-Mall, London. By James Graham, M.D. This book is of so much real importance to the health and happiness of each individual among the public, that tho' it contains more matter or reading than most two shilling pamphlets, it is ordered to be sold for only two pence; - a price very inadequate to the prime cost of the paper, printing, distribution, &c. But salus populi suprema lex est!
Graham, James, 1745-1794.Date: [1780?]- Archives and manuscripts
Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
Royal Army Medical CorpsDate: 17th century - 20th centuryReference: RAMC- Books
La mort des rois : documents sur les derniers jours de souverains français et espagnols, de Charles Quint à Louis XV / textes réunis, traduits et presentés par Saint Perez.
Date: [2006]- Books
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The history of England, from the Norman conquest to the present time; or, a tragi-comic song, in four parts, to the tune of - When Troy town for ten years war, &c. AN Useful, Instructive, and Diverting Lesson for those who have not Time to read Large Books. He that delights in Hist'ry, soon may find Something to please, and edify the Mind. A true Historic Tale, when rightly told, Will please the Young, and can't displease the Old: Such is my Theme, 'tis founded on the Truth, Meant chiefly to persuade vain thoughtless Youth To let the Hist'ry of strange Lands alone, Till they get thorough Masters of their own: This my Advice -- and he that likes to look At what I've done, pays Three-Pence for this Book; And when he's learn'd the Song through ev'ry Part, And can with Ease repeat it all by Heart, If it should chance to enter in his Thought That its too dear, I'll give him back a Groat. To which is added, the multiplication table in a song. By N. Withy, of Hagley, Worcestershire.
Withy, N. (Nathan).Date: 1785