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Sir William Browne. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after T. Hudson.

Sir William Browne. Etching by T. Orde Powlett, 1771.

An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

De justo, et tenaci propositi viro. Ad perillustrem Baronem de C-den / Adjecta versione Anglica.

A vindication of the Royal College of Physicians: in reply to the speech of the Solicitor General (i. e. W. Murray) on opening the petition and appeal of Doctor Isaac Schomberg, alias Schamberg ... / [William Browne].

De potiore metallis libertate: et omnia vincente fortitudine. Ad ... Gulielmum illum Pittium ... / Adjecta versione Anglica.

De choreis, et festivitate. Ad nobilissimum Ducem L-densem ... / Adjecta versione Anglica.

Oratiuncula, Collegii Medicorum Londinensis cathedrae valedicens / [William Browne].

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De justo, et tenaci propositi viro. Ad perillustrem Baronem de C-den / Adjecta versione Anglica.

A vindication of the Royal College of Physicians: in reply to the speech of the Solicitor General (i. e. W. Murray) on opening the petition and appeal of Doctor Isaac Schomberg, alias Schamberg ... / [William Browne].

De potiore metallis libertate: et omnia vincente fortitudine. Ad ... Gulielmum illum Pittium ... / Adjecta versione Anglica.

De choreis, et festivitate. Ad nobilissimum Ducem L-densem ... / Adjecta versione Anglica.

Oratiuncula, Collegii Medicorum Londinensis cathedrae valedicens / [William Browne].

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