Stories
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Book design, dissected
Gwen Smith talks to art director Peter Dyer about imagery, colour, type and staying true to the pages within.
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Fantastic beasts and unnatural history
Find out how a 17th-century compendium of the natural world came to present fantastical beasts –like dragons – as real, living creatures.
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You know the drill
Richard Barnett opens wide the true meaning of a healthy mouth.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
Catalogue
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The rise, progress, and present state, of the dispute between the people of America, and the adminstration. By the Bishop of-[.]
Bishop of -.Date: [1775]- Books
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Documents and dates of modern discoveries in the nervous system.
Date: 1839- Books
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Memoirs of the conduct of Her late Majesty and her last ministry, relating to the separate peace with France. By the Right Hononrable [sic] the Countess of -
Countess of -.Date: 1715- Books
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La medecine anecdotique, historique, litteraire : recueil a l'usage des medecins, chirurgiens et apothecaires erudits, curieux et chercheurs.
Date: [1901-]- Books
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Makers of British botany : a collection of biographies by living botanists / edited by F.W. Oliver.
Date: 1913