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  • Two anatomists dissecting a corpse, surrounded by birds, a cat, a dog and mice. Etching by S. Ireland after J. H. Mortimer, 17--.
  • An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving of 1649 by Renier van Persyn after a design of 1626 by Crispijn de Passe the second.
  • The incarnations of Vishnu. Gouache drawing.
  • Two anatomists dissecting a corpse, surrounded by birds, a cat, a dog and mice. Etching by S. Ireland after J. H. Mortimer, 17--.
  • Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    "Darling, we'll have to get married, I'm going to have an egg!" : a "Bamforth" comic / Bamforth & Co., Ltd.

    | Date: [1953?]
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    The incarnations of Vishnu. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27724i
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    An anatomical dissection by Jean Riolan the younger (1580-1657). Engraving by Crispijn de Passe, 1626.

    Passe, Crispijn van de, -1670. | Date: [1626] | Reference: 588752i
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    A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.

    Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833. | Date: 1809 | Reference: 17675i
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    Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.

    | Date: 1660 | Reference: 25005i
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