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A vase of flowers, books, a violin, artist's palette and brushes all sit on a table in a room with panelled walls. Chromolithograph after E.G. Handel Lucas.
Lucas, Edward George Handel, 1861-1936.Date: [1909]Reference: 33124i- Books
The Philebus commentary / Marsilio Ficino ; a critical edition and translation by Michael J.B. Allen.
Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499.Date: 1975
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A man looking through a magnifying glass at a picture of a monkey, whose flatulence extinguishes the flame of a candle; representing the pleasures of the sense of sight. Engraving, 17--.
Reference: 27128i
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A table of the springs of action : shewing the several species of pleasures and pains, of which man's nature is susceptible: together with the several species of interests, desires, and motives, respectively corresponding to them: and the several sets of appellatives, neutral, eulogistic and dyslogistic, by which each species of motive is wont to be designated: to which are added explanatory notes and observations ... / By Jeremy Bentham, Esq.
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.Date: 1817
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Angels serve Christ with food after his ordeal in the wilderness. Engraving by J. Mariette after C. le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 24109i