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  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
  • The genius of painting, preferring sacred to secular history, brings to the public the history of Samson, and writes a dedication to E. Colbert. Etching by J. Gillet and F. Verdier after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
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    The martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew. Crayon manner print by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779.

    Gamelin, Jacques, 1739-1803. | Date: [1779] | Reference: 569954i
    Part of: Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie, dessiné d'après nature / par Jacques Gamelin de Carcassone.
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    Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.

    Correggio, 1489?-1534. | Reference: 23691i
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    A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.

    | Date: 1810 | Reference: 31826i
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    Emblems of the triumph of Christ over worldly powers. Etching by W. Hollar, 1654.

    Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677. | Date: [1654] | Reference: 2855737i
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    Ancients studying anatomy: an older man points to a male corpse on the floor, while other men observe and discuss. Etching by Lavalée after J. Gamelin, 1779.

    Gamelin, Jacques, 1739-1803. | Date: [1779] | Reference: 569728i
    Part of: Nouveau recueil d'ostéologie et de myologie, dessiné d'après nature / par Jacques Gamelin de Carcassone.
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