A nightwatchman disturbs a body-snatcher who has dropped the stolen corpse he had been carrying in a hamper, while the anatomist runs away. Etching with engraving by W. Austin, 1773.

Head of the Apollo Belvedere. Stipple engraving by J.L. Anspach after G.F. Reverdin.

A man vaccinating a young child held by its mother, with other members of the household looking on. Oil painting by L.-L. Boilly, ca. 1806.

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The William L. Clements library of Americana at the University of Michigan / William Lawrence Clements.

American cookbooks and wine books, 1797-1950, being an exhibition from the collections of, and with historical notes / by Janice Bluestein Longone and Daniel T. Longone.

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family / by William Cobbett.

Japanese botany during the period of wood-block printing / Harley Harris Bartlett & Hide Shohara.

Arbustrum Americanum: The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties. Also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy. Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall.

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The William L. Clements library of Americana at the University of Michigan / William Lawrence Clements.

American cookbooks and wine books, 1797-1950, being an exhibition from the collections of, and with historical notes / by Janice Bluestein Longone and Daniel T. Longone.

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family / by William Cobbett.

Japanese botany during the period of wood-block printing / Harley Harris Bartlett & Hide Shohara.

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The William L. Clements library of Americana at the University of Michigan / William Lawrence Clements.

American cookbooks and wine books, 1797-1950, being an exhibition from the collections of, and with historical notes / by Janice Bluestein Longone and Daniel T. Longone.

Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family / by William Cobbett.

Japanese botany during the period of wood-block printing / Harley Harris Bartlett & Hide Shohara.