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  • Plague and pestilence in literature and art / by Raymond Crawfurd.
  • Plague and pestilence in literature and art / by Raymond Crawfurd.
  • Plague and pestilence in literature and art / by Raymond Crawfurd.
  • Plague and pestilence in literature and art / by Raymond Crawfurd.
  • Plague and pestilence in literature and art / by Raymond Crawfurd.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo administering communion to victims of the plague in Milan of 1576. Line engraving by F. de Poilly after P. Mignard.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo praying to the Virgin on behalf of victims of the plague in Milan, 1576. Engraving by A. Boccabadati after A. Malatesta after M.A. Franceschini.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo, with a rope around his neck, carrying a cross through the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Engraving by J. Frey, 1749, after Pietro da Cortona.
  • The port of Marseille during the plague in 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.
  • Allegorical female figure assisting victims of the 1720 plague in Marseille. Lithograph by H. Aubry-Lecomte, 1835, after F. Gérard, 1834.