Time period between January 1, 1701, and December 31, 1800

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A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.

Observations on man, his frame, his duty, and his expectations. In two parts / By David Hartley.

Proclama : publicato di commissione dell'illustrissimo, & eccellentisimo Signor Ferigo venier Capo., e V. Poda. per la serenis. Republica di Venetia, &c. Rettore di Padova, & suo distretto, e delli nob. sig. sopra proveditori aggionti, e proveditori alla sanità.

Doctor Jeremy Snob / written by J.G. Maxwell.

The English poor in the eighteenth century : a study in social and administrative history / by Dorothy Marshall.

An account of the Veterinary College, from its institution in 1791 / [Compiled by W. Mounsher, possibly assisted by G. Penn].

Aggiunta al bando di proibizione, e sospensione do commercio de' 20. Giugno 1743 ... dato in Firenze, dall Uffizio di Sanità di Firenze li 2. Luglio 1743 / Urbano Pierattini, Cancelliere.

The gentlemen, farmers, jockies, stage-coachmen and carriers universal medicine in the true cordial horse balls and preparation of antimony, adapted for the use and benefit of all, as well the race as cart horse : the cordial balls ... / Samuel Gibson.

Advertisement : To all gentlemen and ladies . There are newly arriv'd two monstrous girls, being one of the greatest wonders in nature that was ever seen ; they were born with their backs fasten'd to one another, and the passages of their bodies are both one way ...

A pigeon.

A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.

Conspectus historiae medicorum chronologicus. In usum praelectionum academicarum / confectus a Georgio Matthiæ.

Cardiac failure in the eighteenth century and its modern conception.

Engraving of anatomical theatre in Altdorf.

The emergence of the social sciences, 1642-1792 / Richard Olson.

Dell'uso e dell'abuso del caffé : dissertazione storico fisico medica / Giovanni Dalla Bona ; prefazione alla ristampa della seconda edizione di Giovanni Zaffignani.

A theory of natural philosophy / put forward and explained by Roger Joseph Boscovich.

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History, 18th Century

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Cardiac failure in the eighteenth century and its modern conception.

Engraving of anatomical theatre in Altdorf.

The emergence of the social sciences, 1642-1792 / Richard Olson.

Dell'uso e dell'abuso del caffé : dissertazione storico fisico medica / Giovanni Dalla Bona ; prefazione alla ristampa della seconda edizione di Giovanni Zaffignani.

A theory of natural philosophy / put forward and explained by Roger Joseph Boscovich.

History, 18th Century

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Cardiac failure in the eighteenth century and its modern conception.

Engraving of anatomical theatre in Altdorf.

The emergence of the social sciences, 1642-1792 / Richard Olson.

Dell'uso e dell'abuso del caffé : dissertazione storico fisico medica / Giovanni Dalla Bona ; prefazione alla ristampa della seconda edizione di Giovanni Zaffignani.

A theory of natural philosophy / put forward and explained by Roger Joseph Boscovich.

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