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Stage set and performance of 'Costanza e fortezza' in Prague castle. Etching by A. Birckhard after G. Galli Bibiena, 1723.

A man carrying a woman, both naked; representing the argument that one woman is enough for a man, and that faithfulness is a protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph after K. Sedláček, 199-.

Eve is offering an apple to Adam while the serpent watches through the branches of the Tree of Knowledge; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after S. Staněk, 1994.

Bando : essendosi dilatato il Male Contagioso anche in Neustat, e Praga, & in altre città della Germania, per la quale dilatazione da signori della Sanità di Venezia sono state bandite le dette città, e loro vicini ...  / G.M. Estense Tassoni.

A man's hand giving the thumbs-up sign with the thumb covered by a condom, representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1989.

A young man and a young woman meet, form an attachment, and finally make love using a condom as a protection against AIDS: nine episodes. Colour lithograph after L. Svobodová, 1995.

Adam and Eve committing the primal sin; representing the origin of AIDS. Colour lithograph after Pavel Beneš, 1991.

A huge solitary tree (lime?) at dawn; representing the beginning of the year 1995 for health organizations in the Czech Republic. Colour lithograph after V. Rytina, 1994.

The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch.

The road to the horizon is guarded by condoms, representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.

Alchemy: a workshop with furnaces and apparatus, the alchemist in the foreground tying up a leather bag. Watercolour, 1934, by V. Kaliba after K. Stapfer after a 17th century MS.

145 let Záchranné služby hl. m. Prahy : [1857-2002].

155 let Fyziologického ústavu v Praze / pořadatelé Otomar Kittnar, Stanislav Trojan.

Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium.

Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium / Approbante DD. decano et Collegio Medico Pragensi publicata. Cena neb wyméřenj wssech lékařstwj ... Der Werth oder Preysz aller Artzneyen.

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Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium.

Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium / Approbante DD. decano et Collegio Medico Pragensi publicata. Cena neb wyméřenj wssech lékařstwj ... Der Werth oder Preysz aller Artzneyen.

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Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium.

Taxa vel valor omnium medicamentorum tam simplicium quam compositorum, chymicorum atque Galenicorum, in officinis civilibus Pragensibus prostantium / Approbante DD. decano et Collegio Medico Pragensi publicata. Cena neb wyméřenj wssech lékařstwj ... Der Werth oder Preysz aller Artzneyen.

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