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The kidney (figs 1-4), bladder and penis (fig. 5) after Nuck, Bertin and Duverney. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
Reference: 35105i
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A diamond cutters' wheel in use (top), and a plan and perspective of the wheel with various components (below). Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35929i
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Diamondworks: a selection of jewel mounts. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35775i
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Section, elevation and plan of a furnace with various components of a mould used in coinage. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 34854i
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Coinage: washing. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35542i
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The uterus, a foetus, the hymen and female genitals, after Haller, Kulm and Huber. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
Reference: 35218i
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Fan makers: various stages in the process of fan making and instruments used. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 36849i
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The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
Reference: 34495i
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The arteries of the head after Haller; the eye, after Ruysch; the tongue after Heister. Engraving by Prevost, 1762.
Rollinus, C. J., active 18th century.Date: [1762]Reference: 35484i
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A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.
Date: [1779]Reference: 36145i
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Implements used in the making of parchments. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37805i
Books
[Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers] / par une sociéte de gens de lettres. Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. [Anon].
Date: 1762-[72]
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A selection of boring and carving tools. Etching by Bénard after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 34840i
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Manufacture of fishing equipment. Etching.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37656i
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Human arterial system. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
William CowperDate: [1779]Reference: 36233i
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Coinage: showing (a) furnace (b) components of the furnace with tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 34988i
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A letter from M. Rousseau, of Geneva, to M. d'Alembert, of Paris : concerning the effects of theatrical entertainments on the manners of mankind : translated from the French.
Jean-Jacques RousseauDate: 1759
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Human arterial system. Engraving by Campbell, after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, for Drake, 1707.
William CowperReference: 37384i
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Plans, elevation and section of a kiln used in the making of clay pipes. Etching.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 37519i
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Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 36894i
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The arteries of the thorax, after Haller. Engraving by Prevost, 1762.
Joel Paul KaltenhoferDate: [1762]Reference: 36094i
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The human venous and arterial systems. Engraving, after engravings by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper of 1702 and 1707.
William CowperReference: 37385i
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Guida alla nuova edizione de l'Encyclopédie di Diderot e d'Alembert : Parigi 1751-1772 pubblicata in 18 volumni da Franco Maria Ricci, Parma e Parigi 1970-1980 / presentazione di Jorge Luis Borges, Roland Barthes, Alain Pons.
Date: 1970-1980
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Coinage: (a) interior view (b) various tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 34993i
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Pancreas, liver, spleen without its membranes, intestines, lacteals etc. after Kulm, Reverholt, Bidloo, Ruysch, Peyer and Heister. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
Reference: 35098i