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1 print : engraving ; platemark 18.2 x 13.2 cm

A father and mother greet their returning son with a crowd of people gathered outside the open door. Engraving by J. Heath after Gravelot.

He holds a drawing or engraving of the plant Amaryllis formosa or formosissima (Burgess, loc. cit.)

John James Dillenius. Stipple engraving by J. Heath.

Alexander Monro. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1800, after H. Raeburn.

A reptile (aboina guana). Etching by James Heath after G. Shaw.

Walter Shandy, having had trouble with his trousers, arrives too late at the baptism of his son to prevent him being baptised with the name Tristram

1 print : etching ; platemark 15.4 x 9.6 cm

Tha baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.

Medical Heritage Library

2 unnumbered pages, v, 3 unnumbered pages, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates

Memoirs of John Fothergill, M.D. &c. / by John Coakley Lettsom.

1 print : engraving ; image 31.5 x 25.4 cm

A young woman holding up a casket on a dish as she looks back over her shoulder. Engraving by J. Heath after Titian.

Mecca myrrh is the source of balm of Gilead used in perfumery and in incense. It is used locally to treat stomach complaints, to induce sweating and to heal wounds

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 27.9 x 23.5 cm

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A father and mother greet their returning son with a crowd of people gathered outside the open door. Engraving by J. Heath after Gravelot.

John James Dillenius. Stipple engraving by J. Heath.

Alexander Monro. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1800, after H. Raeburn.

A reptile (aboina guana). Etching by James Heath after G. Shaw.

Tha baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.

Memoirs of John Fothergill, M.D. &c. / by John Coakley Lettsom.

A young woman holding up a casket on a dish as she looks back over her shoulder. Engraving by J. Heath after Titian.

Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

Pods and seeds of a Sterculia plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

Erasmus Darwin. Stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1804, after J. Rawlinson.

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A father and mother greet their returning son with a crowd of people gathered outside the open door. Engraving by J. Heath after Gravelot.

John James Dillenius. Stipple engraving by J. Heath.

Alexander Monro. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1800, after H. Raeburn.

A reptile (aboina guana). Etching by James Heath after G. Shaw.

Tha baptism of Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Heath, 1780, after W. Hogarth.

Memoirs of John Fothergill, M.D. &c. / by John Coakley Lettsom.

A young woman holding up a casket on a dish as she looks back over her shoulder. Engraving by J. Heath after Titian.

Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

Pods and seeds of a Sterculia plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

Erasmus Darwin. Stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1804, after J. Rawlinson.

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