Photograph of a stone carving showing legendary creature giving acupuncture.

The Sarabha: a mythical creature connected with Shiva. Gouache drawing.

A phone receiver as a creature with tails as antennae

A winged creature. Woodcut with colour by an Indian artist, 18--.

Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.

A creature with elaborate headdress. Gouache painting by an Indian artist (?).

Skeleton fragments of a prehistoric creature, with details showing the teeth. Etching, 18--?.

A feline creature is lying in front of a herd of cattle. Engraving.

A monstrous four-footed creature with a horse-like head and feline claws. Gouache.

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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Between two summers

Drops of water

Fantastic beasts and unnatural history

Creatures with strange faces and bodies engaging in a boxing match in front of a crowd. Etching.

Et nyt Creature, et igienfød Menniske korteligen oc klarligen fremstillet aff den, som i Liif, Nød oc Død trøster sig ved Jesu Piine [i.e.: Jens Pedersen]

A conference betwixt a Muggletonian and a Baptist, On these Propositions: I. There was no God in Heaven when Christ Jesus was on this Earth. II. God became as a Creature, Sin excepted. III. God dyed.

The christian: being a course of practical sermons. Sermon I. The Sinfulness and Misery of Man. Sermon II. The Helplessness of Man. Sermon III. The Power and Love of Christ. Sermon IV. Faith in Christ. Sermon V. VI. Vii. Viii. IX. X. The Believer a new Creature: wherein that Character is largely described; opposed to that of a Careless Sinner; and contradistinguished from that of a Formalist. Sermon XI. An earnest Address to the Careless, the Formal, and the new Creature. By Samuel Walker, A. B. Curate of Truro, in Cornwall, And formerly of Exeter College, Oxford.

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Tripping for spiritualism and science

Between two summers

Drops of water

Fantastic beasts and unnatural history

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Creatures with strange faces and bodies engaging in a boxing match in front of a crowd. Etching.

Et nyt Creature, et igienfød Menniske korteligen oc klarligen fremstillet aff den, som i Liif, Nød oc Død trøster sig ved Jesu Piine [i.e.: Jens Pedersen]

Et nyt Creature, et igienfød Menniske korteligen oc klarligen fremstillet aff den, som i Liif, Nød oc Død trøster sig ved Jesu Piine [i.e.: Jens Pedersen]

A conference betwixt a Muggletonian and a Baptist, On these Propositions: I. There was no God in Heaven when Christ Jesus was on this Earth. II. God became as a Creature, Sin excepted. III. God dyed.

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Stories

Tripping for spiritualism and science

Between two summers

Drops of water

Fantastic beasts and unnatural history

Images

Catalogue

Creatures with strange faces and bodies engaging in a boxing match in front of a crowd. Etching.

Et nyt Creature, et igienfød Menniske korteligen oc klarligen fremstillet aff den, som i Liif, Nød oc Død trøster sig ved Jesu Piine [i.e.: Jens Pedersen]

Et nyt Creature, et igienfød Menniske korteligen oc klarligen fremstillet aff den, som i Liif, Nød oc Død trøster sig ved Jesu Piine [i.e.: Jens Pedersen]

A conference betwixt a Muggletonian and a Baptist, On these Propositions: I. There was no God in Heaven when Christ Jesus was on this Earth. II. God became as a Creature, Sin excepted. III. God dyed.