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xxi, 289 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Weep not for me : women, ballads, and infanticide in early modern Scotland / Deborah A. Symonds.

Occasional publication (Oxford Bibliographical Society)

Dramatisations of Scott's novels : a catalogue / Richard Ford.

<p>Three perspectives of skulls in centre showing phrenological classifications of the faculties of the brain. Three busts at top, left to right: Johann Christoph Spurzheim, Franz Joseph Gall and George Combe. Portraits, from top left downwards, then top right downwards: "Scott. Napoleon. Lord Bacon. Byron. Franklin. Shakspeare". Skulls from middle left anti-clockwise: "Caucasian. Mongolian. Negro. Cat. Ouran-outang. Idiot. Baboon. Dog. New Hollander. India. Carib."</p>

1 print : lithograph ; border 49.6 x 36.4 cm

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Six poets: Robert Montgomery, John Keats, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Medical viewpoint series

Sir Walter Scott : the wounded falcon / [Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty].

Familiar letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Dokumente zur Geschichte von Naturwissenschaft, Medizin und Technik

viii, 610 pages, 22 leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 17 cm.

Briefe über die natürliche Magie, an Sir Walter Scott / von David Brewster ; aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Friedrich Wolff.

<p>The print depicts the government of France under Louis-Philippe as a diabolical chemical laboratory, producing new laws at every opportunity to counter the freedom of the press. The 'loi de cautionnement' was one such law, which meant that political journals (including Philipon and Aubert's caricature journals) "had to deposit substantial amounts of money against convictions for offence to the king or government" (Wechsler, p. 67). As the caricaturists grew more wily, so the government grew more frustrated, and heavier fines and a stamp tax were introduced. These are among the papers being spirited out of the flask in this print. Also produced by the 'infernal laboratory' are notices for the seizure of certain publications and medals and honours for the king's friends. A bayonet end also falls out of the funnel, revealing the more physical aspects of the repression. The foremost devil bears resemblance to the comte d'Argout, a minister of the time. The other devil resembles Louis-Philippe (Lethève and Gardey, loc. cit.). Two years later, 'La caricature' was forced to close due to the combined effects of devastating fines and periods of imprisonment for Philipon and his illustrators</p>

1 print : lithograph ; image 19.3 x 24.9 cm

Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.

2 volumes, plates : portraits, map ; 23 cm

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Weep not for me : women, ballads, and infanticide in early modern Scotland / Deborah A. Symonds.

Dramatisations of Scott's novels : a catalogue / Richard Ford.

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Six poets: Robert Montgomery, John Keats, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Sir Walter Scott : the wounded falcon / [Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty].

Familiar letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Briefe über die natürliche Magie, an Sir Walter Scott / von David Brewster ; aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Friedrich Wolff.

Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.

The journal of Sir Walter Scott : from the original manuscript at Abbotsford.

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Weep not for me : women, ballads, and infanticide in early modern Scotland / Deborah A. Symonds.

Dramatisations of Scott's novels : a catalogue / Richard Ford.

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Six poets: Robert Montgomery, John Keats, Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Engraving.

Sir Walter Scott : the wounded falcon / [Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty].

Familiar letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Briefe über die natürliche Magie, an Sir Walter Scott / von David Brewster ; aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Friedrich Wolff.

Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.

The journal of Sir Walter Scott : from the original manuscript at Abbotsford.

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