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Images from the collections

Images about Private libraries

76 images from works
  • Theophilus Lobb. Line engraving by J. Hulett, 1767, after N. Brown.
  • John Wesley. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.
  • Thomas Denman. Stipple engraving.
  • A phrenologist comparing his own head with a phrenological bust. Oil painting by Albert W. Holden.
  • Guy Patin. Line engraving, 1710.
  • 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.
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Works from the collections

190 works

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

    | Date: [1975], ©1975
    • Books

    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.

    John Carter Brown Library. | Date: 1955
    • Books

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

    Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991. | Date: 1974
    • Books

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

    | Date: [1976], ©1976
    • Books

    Antiquaries / edited, with introductions, by Stuart Piggott.

    | Date: [1974], ©1974
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