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1 leaf 2 unnumbered leaves (first blank), 54 pages, [1 bl. leaves], 2 folded engr. plates ; (4to)

Lampas: or, descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises. Together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries / Made by Robert Hooke.

Coats of arms of pope on left and cardinal on right

1 painting : gouache, with silver and gold ; image 15 x 21 cm

An anatomical dissection in an interior in Guadalupe. Gouache attributed to F. J. Blanco Juste, c. 1934.

1 print : halftone ; image 15.2 x 22.6 cm

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

"This exceedingly beautiful composition is from the reverse of the medal, executed some years since as a testimonial to the eminent surgeon Sir Benjamin Brodie. Nothing could by possibility be more appropriate in design, or in purer taste than it is : and one knows not whether most to admire its classic severity in the rejection of accessories, or the many graces shown in the figure, the modelling of which is admirably borne out by the peculiar process of the engraving ; a process executed by a machine instead of the ordinary method of hand-work, and which is peculiarly adapted for copying bas-reliefs, or relieved surfaces: indeed by no other process could such an effect be produced — one so delusive in its results that, except by passing the finger over the print it would be difficult to believe it any thing else than a surface in actual "relief."--The sculpture gallery, loc. cit.

1 print : line engraving ; diameter 21.3 cm

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

The female figure is coloured ice-blue and stands in a white aura against an orange sun-burst. She holds a bowl-shaped oil-lamp

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 101 x 63 cm

A standing woman holding a lamp, with water flowing at her feet, perhaps representing Nature healing at German spas. Colour lithograph after Jupp Wiertz.

1 painting : watercolour, in grisaille, with white gouache, on board ; image 17.1 x 25.3 cm

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Watercolour by H. Paget after H. McCormick, 1899.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 22.1 x 24.5 cm

A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.

1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director's Room, c. 1954. Photograph.

Bible. N.T. Revelation 1.16; 19.15. Saint John the Evangelist kneels before the vision of Christ, shown here as described in the first vision of book 1 of Revelation. The later description of this image of Christ in book 19 has Christ wearing a robe dipped in blood. The book that John will write lies next to him. They are surrounded by the seven lampstands (Revelation 1.20) which represent the seven churches

Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.

xl, 240 pages, XLIII preliminary leaves : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Lampas: or, descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises. Together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries / Made by Robert Hooke.

An anatomical dissection in an interior in Guadalupe. Gouache attributed to F. J. Blanco Juste, c. 1934.

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

A standing woman holding a lamp, with water flowing at her feet, perhaps representing Nature healing at German spas. Colour lithograph after Jupp Wiertz.

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Watercolour by H. Paget after H. McCormick, 1899.

A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director's Room, c. 1954. Photograph.

Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.

Catalogue of the Greek and Roman lamps in the British museum / by H.B. Walters.

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Lampas: or, descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises. Together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries / Made by Robert Hooke.

An anatomical dissection in an interior in Guadalupe. Gouache attributed to F. J. Blanco Juste, c. 1934.

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Halftone, c.1900, after H. Paget after H. McCormick.

A female figure representing science trimming the lamp of life. Engraving by A. R. Freebairn, 1849, after W. Wyon.

A standing woman holding a lamp, with water flowing at her feet, perhaps representing Nature healing at German spas. Colour lithograph after Jupp Wiertz.

Boer War: a full military hospital ward housed in a church in Ladysmith, South Africa. Watercolour by H. Paget after H. McCormick, 1899.

A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.

The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director's Room, c. 1954. Photograph.

Christ appears to Saint John the Evangelist with eyes aflame and a sword in his mouth. Etching by P. van der Borcht.

Catalogue of the Greek and Roman lamps in the British museum / by H.B. Walters.

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