Peter denies knowledge of Christ. Engraving by A. Pauwels after G. Seghers.

The adoration of the magi. Etching by J. Swaine after R. Shipster after medieval bas-relief.

Jesus appoints Peter as keeper of the keys to heaven; angels stand by. Engraving by G. Pasqualini after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

An operation for stone in the head. Oil painting by a follower of Jan Sanders van Hemessen.

The month August and the sign of Virgo, represented by harvest time and the disciples of Christ plucking of ears of corn on the Sabbath. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

Three men dance in the street as a crowd gathers on Blackfriars Bridge, London, to celebrate the destruction by fire of Albion Mills. Etching by J. Barlow, 1791, after S. Collings.

Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man. Engraving after M. Buchinger, 1724.

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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner

Report on the sanitary condition & public health of Mile End Old Town, for the year ending March the 30th, 1867 / by Matthew Corner.

The variance between real and nominal Christians considered; and the cause of it explained. A sermon on Matthew x. 35, 36. By H. Venn, A. M. Late Fellow of Queen's-College, Cambridge.

A sermon preached at St. Matthew's, Bethnal-Green, on Sunday, Nov. 12, 1775. By John Wesley, M.A. For the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lately fell, near Boston in New-England.

A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday February 21, 1745. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Matthew Lord Bishop of Bangor.

A sermon, preached to the convicts under sentence of death in Newgate, on Sunday morning, the 20th April, 1788. Previous to their execution on the following Wednesday ; dedicated to Matthew Bloxam, Esq. Sheriff of London. By the Revd. Edward Barry, M.D. Assistant preacher At Fitzroy and Bethel Chapels.

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Report on the sanitary condition & public health of Mile End Old Town, for the year ending March the 30th, 1867 / by Matthew Corner.

The variance between real and nominal Christians considered; and the cause of it explained. A sermon on Matthew x. 35, 36. By H. Venn, A. M. Late Fellow of Queen's-College, Cambridge.

A sermon preached at St. Matthew's, Bethnal-Green, on Sunday, Nov. 12, 1775. By John Wesley, M.A. For the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lately fell, near Boston in New-England.

A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday February 21, 1745. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Matthew Lord Bishop of Bangor.

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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner

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Report on the sanitary condition & public health of Mile End Old Town, for the year ending March the 30th, 1867 / by Matthew Corner.

The variance between real and nominal Christians considered; and the cause of it explained. A sermon on Matthew x. 35, 36. By H. Venn, A. M. Late Fellow of Queen's-College, Cambridge.

A sermon preached at St. Matthew's, Bethnal-Green, on Sunday, Nov. 12, 1775. By John Wesley, M.A. For the benefit of the widows and orphans of the soldiers who lately fell, near Boston in New-England.

A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday February 21, 1745. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Matthew Lord Bishop of Bangor.