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The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Watercolour painting.

Manoah and his wife pray to an angel which emerges from the flame of their altar. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after C. Le Brun.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

An elderly couple are advised to try artificial insemination. Process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

Elizabeth kneels before Mary. Engraving by F. Keller after F. Overbeck.

A young couple visit a savant who consults ancient volumes in order to provide counselling to them. Oil painting by Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret, 1833 (?).

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Steel engraving.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Etching with aquatint by S. Mulinari after V. Salimbini.

The byrth of mankynde, newly translated out of Laten into Englysshe. : In the which is entreated of all suche thynges the which chaunce to women in theyr labor, and all suche infyrmitees whiche happen vnto the infantes after they be delyuered. And also at the latter ende o in the thyrde or last boke is entreated of the conception of mankynde, and howe manye wayes it may be letted or furtheryd, with diuers other fruytefull thynges, as doth appere in the table before the booke.

A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

How to be childless : a history and philosophy of life without children / Rachel Chrastil.

The rhythm of sterility and fertility in women : a discussion of the physiological, practical, and ethical aspects of the discoveries of Drs. K. Ogino (Japan) and H. Knaus (Germany) regarding the periods when conception is impossible and when possible / by Leo J. Latz.

Alternative infertility treatments : enhance your optimum health and improve your chances of conceiving naturally / Nicky Wesson.

The pursuit of motherhood / Jessica Hepburn.

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A skull with eyes formed of the male and female symbols, representing sterility attributed to sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 196- (?).

How to be childless : a history and philosophy of life without children / Rachel Chrastil.

The rhythm of sterility and fertility in women : a discussion of the physiological, practical, and ethical aspects of the discoveries of Drs. K. Ogino (Japan) and H. Knaus (Germany) regarding the periods when conception is impossible and when possible / by Leo J. Latz.

Alternative infertility treatments : enhance your optimum health and improve your chances of conceiving naturally / Nicky Wesson.

The pursuit of motherhood / Jessica Hepburn.