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Theophilus Lobb. Line engraving by J. Hulett, 1767, after N. Brown.

Thomas Denman. Stipple engraving.

A phrenologist comparing his own head with a phrenological bust. Oil painting by Albert W. Holden.

Johannes Daniel Mylius. Line engraving, 1620.

Sir James Earle. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton after W. Beechey.

John Wesley. Photogravure by Waterlow & Sons after J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.

Louis Pasteur, standing, holding eyeglasses, with chemical apparatus and books. Chromolithograph.

Johann Peter Fackler. Line engraving.

James Curry. Line engraving by I. Mills, 1819, after F. Simonau.

A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

Jean-Jacques Manget. Line engraving, 1704.

Scientists / edited, with an introduction, by H.A. Feisenberger.

The American tradition : a catalogue of books, manuscripts, and maps exhibited at the John Carter Brown Library in the spring and summer of 1954 / with an address by Clinton Rossiter.

lvii, 578 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

The library of James Logan of Philadelphia, 1674-1751 / Edwin Wolf 2nd.

An essay upon study . Wherein directions are given for the due conduct thereof, and the collection of a library, proper for the Purpose, consisting of the Choicest Books in all the several Parts of Learning. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.

viii, 554 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Cultural aspects of the Italian Renaissance : essays in honour of Paul Oskar Kristeller / edited by Cecil H. Clough.

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Scientists / edited, with an introduction, by H.A. Feisenberger.

The American tradition : a catalogue of books, manuscripts, and maps exhibited at the John Carter Brown Library in the spring and summer of 1954 / with an address by Clinton Rossiter.

The library of James Logan of Philadelphia, 1674-1751 / Edwin Wolf 2nd.

An essay upon study . Wherein directions are given for the due conduct thereof, and the collection of a library, proper for the Purpose, consisting of the Choicest Books in all the several Parts of Learning. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.

Cultural aspects of the Italian Renaissance : essays in honour of Paul Oskar Kristeller / edited by Cecil H. Clough.

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Scientists / edited, with an introduction, by H.A. Feisenberger.

The American tradition : a catalogue of books, manuscripts, and maps exhibited at the John Carter Brown Library in the spring and summer of 1954 / with an address by Clinton Rossiter.

The library of James Logan of Philadelphia, 1674-1751 / Edwin Wolf 2nd.

An essay upon study . Wherein directions are given for the due conduct thereof, and the collection of a library, proper for the Purpose, consisting of the Choicest Books in all the several Parts of Learning. By John Clarke, Late Master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull.

Cultural aspects of the Italian Renaissance : essays in honour of Paul Oskar Kristeller / edited by Cecil H. Clough.

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