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Assemblée publique de la Societé royale des sciences : tenuë dans la sale de l'hôtel-de-ville de Montpellier, le cinquiéme Decembre mil Sept cens neuf.
Société royale des sciences (Montpellier, France)Date: M.DCC.X
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A bird's beak cuts a woman's hand; representing the sense of touch and the fact that it persists longer (in pain) than the other senses. Engraving, 16--.
Reference: 27049i- Books
Die Wirkung von Substanzen auf den Netzbau der Spinne als biologischer Test / von Peter N. Witt.
Witt, Peter Nikolaus.Date: 1956
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Allegorical figures hold up two scrolls, separated by a spider's web: one shows a straight line between "Charitas" and "Iustitia"; the other a crooked line between "Invidia" and "Avaritia". Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26694iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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A spider, annoyed by a swallow which was catching all the flies, plans to catch the swallow in its web, but is shown to be deluded when the swallow carries off both the spider and the web; illustration of a fable. Etching by D. Stoop, 1665.
Stoop, Dirck, approximately 1618-1686.Date: [1665]Reference: 39719i