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Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

A tree bearing fruit labelled with virtues; representing the life of the Christian. Coloured etching by J. Couse, c. 1780, after J. Bakewell.

Ceres on a chariot with children representing the months March, April and May, surrounded by forms of natural abundance, corybantes and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Etching by A. Tempesta, 1592.

De la grossesse et accouchement des femmes, du gouvernement dicelles et moyen de survenir aux accidents qui leur arrivent, ensemble de la nourriture des enfans / Par Jacques Guillemeau. Reveu [sic] et augmenté de figures en taille douce, et de plusieurs maladies secrettes. Avec un traitte de l'impuissance, par Charles Guillemeau.

Nymphs in a field among cornucopias; workers scythe wheat; representing horticulture and agriculture. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1810, after H. Corbould.

Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis), with a shepherd boy playing pipes. Etching by P.A. Novelli.

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs: symbolising the element earth. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

Sarasvati sitting on lotuses plying her vina. Watercolour drawing.

The birth of King Louis XIII. Engraving by B. Audran the elder after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.

A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.

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.

Demographic trends in the European region : health and social implications / edited by Alan D. Lopez and Robert L. Cliquet.

A child against all odds / Robert Winston.

Birth statistics / Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

The global family planning revolution : three decades of population policies and programs / Warren C. Robinson and John A. Ross, editors.

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Fertility

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fertility

Works from the collections

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.

Demographic trends in the European region : health and social implications / edited by Alan D. Lopez and Robert L. Cliquet.

A child against all odds / Robert Winston.

Birth statistics / Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

The global family planning revolution : three decades of population policies and programs / Warren C. Robinson and John A. Ross, editors.

Fertility

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fertility

Works from the collections

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.

Demographic trends in the European region : health and social implications / edited by Alan D. Lopez and Robert L. Cliquet.

A child against all odds / Robert Winston.

Birth statistics / Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.

The global family planning revolution : three decades of population policies and programs / Warren C. Robinson and John A. Ross, editors.

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