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Julia de Roubigné, a tale. In a series of letters. Published by the author of The man of feeling, and the Man of the World. ...
Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]- Pictures
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A vain man making extravagant charitable bequests. Engraving by N. Guérard, 1715/1719.
Guérard, Nicolas, approximately 1648-1719.Date: [1715/1719]Reference: 46978i- Pictures
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Boston, Massachusetts: John Malcolm, a customs official, is lowered by ropes from his house on to a cart and tarred and feathered by a crowd protesting against taxation. Engraving by F. Godefroy, 1784.
Godefroy, François, 1743?-1819Date: [1794]Reference: 43311i- Books
Nouvelle hydrologie, ou nouvelle exposition de la nature et de la qualité des eaux ; avec un examen de l'eau de la mer, fait en différents endroits des côtes de France, ou l'on a joint une description des sels naturels / [Anon].
Monnet, Antoine Grimoald, 1734-1817.Date: 1772- Ephemera
Drug advertising ephemera : France. Box 1.
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John Law: his rise to eminence and riches in France, and subsequent decline, resulting in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 816080iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.
Date: [between 1713 and 1741]Reference: 15966i- Pictures
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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
Date: [1663]Reference: 18171i- Books
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The lady's complete guide; or cookery in all its branches. Containing The most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice, in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant, besides a great Variety of others which have never before been offered to the Public. Also several translated from the Productions of Cooks of Eminence who have published in France, particularly M. Commo's Histoire de Cuisine, M. Disang's Maitre D'hotel, M. Dupont and M. Valois, M. Troas, and M. Delatour, with their respective Names to each Receipt; which, with the Original Articles, will form the most complete System of Cookery ever yet exhibited, under the following Heads, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Made-Dishes, Frying, Broiling, Potting, Fricassees, Ragouts, Soups, Sauces, Gravies, Hashes, Stews, Puddings, Custards, Cakes, Tarts, Pies, Pasties, Cheesecakes, Jellies, Pickling, Preserving, Confectionary, &c. To which is added, In order to rander it as complete and perfect as possible, the complete brewer; Containing Familiar Instructions for brewing all Sorts of Beer and Ale; including the proper Management of the Vault or Cellar. Also the family physician; Consisting of a considerable Collection of approved Prescriptions by Mead, Sydenham, Tissot, Fothergil, Elliot, Buchan, and others, including a certain Remedy for that formidable Disorder, the Dropsy, recommended by Persons respectable in the highest Degree. By Mrs. Mary Cole, Cook to the Right Hon. the Earl of Drogheda.
Cole, Mary, cook.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Archives and manuscripts
Letter book
Date: Dec 1858-Feb 1861Reference: PP/HO/D/A2425Part of: Hodgkin family- Pictures
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A French soldier returning from the American War of Independence is rewarded with the Order of Saint Louis and the hand of a rich man's daughter as his bride. Line engraving by J.J. Avril, 1784, after P.A. Wille.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Date: 1784Reference: 42716i- Archives and manuscripts
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Pseudo-Mesue, Opera, in Italian
Date: c. 1460-1475Reference: MS.492- Pictures
John Law as Don Quixote with Bombario as Sancho Panza. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812234iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
The tribulations of investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 812466iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
Wind as an analogy for speculative short-selling in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720-1721, and a warning to John Law about the indulgences of Shrove Tuesday. Etching, 1721.
Date: [1721]Reference: 816084iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
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A French nobleman handing his son a sword as the latter prepares to go and fight for the Americans in the American War of Independence. Line engraving by J.J. Avril after P.A. Wille, 1788.
Wille, Pierre Alexandre, 1748-1821.Date: 1788Reference: 42715i- Pictures
A mob stoning the coffee house in the rue Quinquenpoix in Paris where shares are traded during the share price boom of 1720. Etching, ca. 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 811819iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
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Tre dissertazioni / del padre Iganzio Lodovico Bianchi.
Bianchi, Ignazio Lodovico, 1704-1770.Date: 1770- Pictures
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Christ appears to the Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque. Engraving by F. Spagnoli.
Reference: 31540i- Archives and manuscripts
Lee, Henry (1826-1888), naturalist
Lee, Henry, 1826-1888.Date: 1866-1887Reference: MSS.5376-5401- Archives and manuscripts
International Organisations
Date: 1963-1978Reference: PP/ASP/EPart of: Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 19
Date: November 1904 - June 1905Reference: WF/E/03/19 (copy, part 1)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 19
Date: November 1904 - June 1905Reference: WF/E/03/19Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 19
Date: November 1904 - June 1905Reference: WF/E/03/19 (copy, part 2)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 15
Date: September - December 1903Reference: WF/E/03/15Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd