Page at or near the front of a book on which its title, subtitle, author, publisher, and edition is displayed

2 volumes (xi, 767 leaves) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm

An analysis of sixteenth century Venetian title pages of medical books / by Mary Jones Nelson.

Bildwelt der Pharmazie : zur Titelblatt-Ikonographie von Arznei- und Kräuterbüchern des 16. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts / vorgelegt von Anne Geertje Wertz.

A title page illustrated with two eagles and a vulture holding a sheep's skin between them. Engraving, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.

An allegorical figure holding torches seated on a baroque monument; the symbols of the four evangelists above her, and Saint Thomas Aquinas and Galen at her side. Engraving by Jacob Bruynel after A. van Diepenbeeck, 1666.

A man consulting a physician who examines a flask of his urine. Engraving, 1644.

Athanasius Kircher being guided by an archangel to the celestial spheres. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.

Two men with horses in front of a classical monument decorated with the head of a horse on the pediment; horse-riders in the background. Engraving after J. de Solleysel, 17--.

Reinier de Graaf: allegory of anatomy, engraved titlepage to his Opera omnia. Line engraving by P. Pinchard, 1678.

The Tetragrammaton and orders of heaven surmounting portraits of famous medical philosophers (Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc.) and John Woodall. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

Ancient anatomists in discussion around a cadaver. Engraving by G. Appelmans, 1674.

Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.

Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (Frederick the Wise) and Martin Luther kneeling at the feet of Christ on the cross. Woodcut, 1555.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 44.2 x 29.2 cm

Skeleton and écorché figure holding placard featuring male and female figures: half-title page to 'Trattato di anatomia pittorica'. Lithograph after C. Squanquerillo, 1839.

Disce mori : Learne to die : A religious discourse, mouing euery Christian man to enter into a serious remembrance of his ende. Wherin also is contained the meane and manner of disposing himselfe to God, before, and at the time of his departure. In the whole, somewhat happily may be obserued, necessary to be thought vpon while we are aliue, and when we are dying, to aduise our selues and others.

Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

1 print : etching ; platemark 35.3 x 25.5 cm

A warrior, a Turk and a bravo present a tablet inscribed with a dedication of etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778.

1 print : engraving ; image 19.2 x 15.3 cm

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Skeleton and écorché figure holding placard featuring male and female figures: half-title page to 'Trattato di anatomia pittorica'. Lithograph after C. Squanquerillo, 1839.

Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

A warrior, a Turk and a bravo present a tablet inscribed with a dedication of etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778.

Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

An analysis of sixteenth century Venetian title pages of medical books / by Mary Jones Nelson.

Bildwelt der Pharmazie : zur Titelblatt-Ikonographie von Arznei- und Kräuterbüchern des 16. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts / vorgelegt von Anne Geertje Wertz.

Title pages

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Skeleton and écorché figure holding placard featuring male and female figures: half-title page to 'Trattato di anatomia pittorica'. Lithograph after C. Squanquerillo, 1839.

Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

A warrior, a Turk and a bravo present a tablet inscribed with a dedication of etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778.

Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.

An analysis of sixteenth century Venetian title pages of medical books / by Mary Jones Nelson.

Bildwelt der Pharmazie : zur Titelblatt-Ikonographie von Arznei- und Kräuterbüchern des 16. bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts / vorgelegt von Anne Geertje Wertz.

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