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Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer. Etching by G. Poynot.
Poynot, Gabrielle, 1852-Reference: 43i- Books
Les "Icones" de Pierre Richer de Belleval / par Louis Dulieu.
Dulieu, Louis.Date: 1960- Pictures
The game of goose applied to the countries of the world. Engraving by Antoine de Fer after Louis Richer.
Richer, Louis.Date: [between 1652 and 1673]Reference: 35129i- Pictures
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Louis-César-Joseph Ducornet, an artist born without arms. Lithograph by H. Robillard.
Robillard, Hippolyte.Date: 1838Reference: 4085i- Books
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Sadler's Wells. Monday, June 2, 1788, And the following evenings. Performances on the slack wire. By Signor Pietro Bologna. Two musical pieces, One entitled The Friendly Tars; or, The Sailors' Plot. And an entire new One, called The April Fool. Singers, Mr. Dighton, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Herryman, Master Abrahams, and Mr. Meadows, Mrs. Baker, and Mrs. Leffler. An Extraordinary and Curious Exhibition of posture work and Exertions of Strength by The Infant Hercules, a child of ten years old. A new dance, called Love and Opportunity. By Mr. Holland, Mr. Dubois, and Mons. Boi-Maison, Miss Brouguier, and Miss Bithmere. Tight-Rope Dancing, By The Little Devil, Master Richer, Madame La Romaine, And La Belle Espagnole. After the above different Performances, will be exhibited a new superb spectacle, called Les Quatre Fils Aimon; Or, The Four Valiant Brothers. Principal characters, King Charlemagne by Signor Bologna, Roland, his Son, by Mon. Boi-Maison. Officers of the King's Party. Mr. Dubois, Mr. Dighton, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Herryman, Mr. Doctor, Mr. Boyce. The Four Brothers. Renaux, Mon. Duranci, Danvis, Mr. Redige, Dousdique, Mr Holland, Cademuse, Mr Louis. Officers of Renaux's Party. Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Brouguier, Mr. Huntley. Princess St. Clair, wife of Renaux, by Miss Bithmere. In the above Performance will be exhibited a Display of The Broad Sword and Battle Axe, By Monsieur Durenci and Monsieur Boi-Maison, The scenery, dresses, and decorations to the above, enterely new. The scenes Designed by Mr. Greenwood. Boxes, Three Shillings and Six Pence; Pit, Two Shillings; Gallery, One Shilling. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Wells from Ten till Two. The Doors to be opened at half past five O'Clock, begin at half past six, precisely. Vivant Rex & Regina!
Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England)Date: 1788]- Pictures
Conclusiones ex universa philosophia.
Landais, Stephanus, active 1678.Date: 1678Reference: 186001i- Books
Recipes rich in milk / Pet Milk Company.
Date: 1941- Books
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The way to be rich and respectable. Addressed to men of small fortune. In this pamphlet is given, among a variety of other estimates or plans of living, one shewing that a gentleman with economy, residing in the country, may, with a few acres of land, live as well, and make an appearance in life, equal to those who spend double the sum, without those Advantages. Such as are fond of Farming, will here find the Expences attending, and the Profits arising from the Cultivation of Land, Feeding of Sheep, &c. &c. By the Rev. Dr. Trusler.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: 1796- 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- Pictures
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Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671.Reference: 17578i- Pictures
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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A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1747Reference: 22583i- Pictures
A rural surgeon treating a male patient's foot, in the background an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by T. Major, 1747, after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 1747Reference: 22592i- Books
Revolution in the affluent society / Erik Dammann ; with a foreword by Thor Heyerdahl ; translated from the Norwegian by Louis Mackay.
Dammann, ErikDate: 1984- Books
Hamburgers in paradise : the stories behind the food we eat / Louise O. Fresco ; translated by Liz Waters.
Fresco, Louise O.Date: [2016]- Pictures
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A Flemish surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, an assistant is mixing a concoction with a pestle and mortar in a surgery. Engraving by J. Daullé after D. Teniers, the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: [1760]Reference: 22581i- Books
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A catalogue of the superb and elegant household furniture; numerous pier glasses of large dimensions; 10,000 ounces of modern silver and gilt plate, of the best workmanship; a service of plated, never used, of the same magnitude; two antique bronzed vases and bronzed figures, in excellent preservation; a most Capital Order of Malta, set with brilliants; Gold Orders of St. Louis, dress swords, &c.; a magnificent throne of rich crimson Genoa velvet, trimmed with broad gold lace; a state chair, and suit of ditto to correspond; a beautiful cabinet of matchless Seve porcelaine, which this country cannot equal; table and dessert services of ditto, and of the d'Angouleme manufactory; elegant French clocks, by Lepine, of Paris; capital groups of biscuit figures; numerous brilliant cut glass chandeliers and lustres; a matchless wardrobe of fine damask table and household linen; gold and silver-laced livery cloaths; a few good pictures; 250 dozen of rich-flavoured champaign, burgundy, madeira, and other choice wines; sumptuous state and other carriages, with harness, &c. The whole were absolutely the property of the late Marquis de la Luzerne, Ambassador from the Court of France to his Britannic Majesty, deceased; which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Turner and Hutchins, on the premisses, the north side of Portman Square, on Monday, March the 5th, 1792, and the eleven following days, at twelve o'clock, (the 9th and 10th, and Sundays, excepted.) To be viewed on Thursday the 1st of March, and the two following days. Catalogues will be ready to deliver on Thursday the 23d instant; and may be had on the premisses; at Mr. Turner's, No. 132, New Bond Street; and at Mr. Hutchins's, No. 41, King Street, Covent Garden, at one shilling each; without which no one person can or will be admitted.
Turner and Hutchins (Auctioneers : London, England)Date: 1792]- Pictures
The exchange of two queens: Elizabeth of France passes to Spain to become consort to the Prince of the Asturias (later King Philip IV), while Anne of Austria goes to France to become consort to King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 2853470iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Books
The rise of yeast : how the sugar fungus shaped civilization / Nicholas P. Money.
Money, Nicholas P.Date: [2018]- Archives and manuscripts
L'art chrétien ses licences
Date: c.1910Reference: MS.5046Part of: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph Alphonse (1844-1923)- Books
Health and labor force participation over the life cycle : evidence from the past / edited by Dora L. Costa.
Date: [2003], ©2003- Pictures
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Tripoli, Lebanon: a monastery by a river in the countryside near the city of Tripoli. Engraving by F. Godefroy after L.F. Cassas.
Cassas, Louis François, 1756-1827.Date: [germinal an. VI [1798]]Reference: 2851384i- Books
The clean body : a modern history / Peter Ward.
Ward, W. PeterDate: [2019]- Books
Motherhood missed : stories of loss and living from women who are childless by circumstance / Lois Tonkin ; foreword by Jody Day.
Tonkin, LoisDate: 2019- Journals
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Date: 2018-