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An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.

A walkway curving around into a street plaza/square populated with people engaged in various activities with numerous signs with messages relating to AIDS and HIV; an advertisement by the Comision Anti-SIDA de Alava. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

London signs and inscriptions / by Philip Norman ; illustrated by the author and others ; with an introduction by Henry B. Wheatley.

Doctors on the streets of Paris : an index of names / A.H. Sykes.

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London signs and inscriptions / by Philip Norman ; illustrated by the author and others ; with an introduction by Henry B. Wheatley.

Doctors on the streets of Paris : an index of names / A.H. Sykes.

A walkway curving around into a street plaza/square populated with people engaged in various activities with numerous signs with messages relating to AIDS and HIV; an advertisement by the Comision Anti-SIDA de Alava. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.

An old shepherd leaning against a worn-out road-sign eats his lunch while sheep graze in a field next to the road. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.