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A plant (Salvia virgata Ait.) related to sage: flowering and fruiting stem with separate flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

A plant (Salvia indica L.) related to sage: two sections of a flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Two flowering plants: sage (Salvia officinalis) and meadow sage (Salvia pratensis). Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

A plant (Salvia verbenaca): flowering and fruiting stems with part of rootstock and separate floral sections and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia): flowering stems and floral segments. Pen and watercolour drawings.

Quaestio medica. Pro baccalaureatu. : Mane discutienda. In almâ Monspeliensium medicorum academiâ. / Praeside R. D. Henrico Haguenot ... ; Sub hac verborum serie? ;  An morosi potus salviae. ; [Propugnabit ... Jacobus Cassiere ...].

A plant (Salvia glutinosa): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Bluebeard (Salvia viridis L.): two entire flowering stems numbered 1 and 2, with separate segments of flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

Sage (Salvia officinalis L.): flowering stems with separate leafy stem and floral segments and a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H. Hemerich, c.1759, after T. Sheldrake.

Moderation and no moderation. A letter from a Tory to a Whiggish Member of Parliament. By Mr. Sage

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Moderation and no moderation. A letter from a Tory to a Whiggish Member of Parliament. By Mr. Sage