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A girl kneels on the floor by an old man holding a book on his lap: another man sits at a table with an open book, a third removes his hat as he enters the room. Engraving by L. Stocks after F. Nash.
Nash, Frederick, 1782-1856.Date: 1839Reference: 27338i
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An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 35507i
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Bibliotherapie : Entwicklung, Situation und Perspektiven / von Dietrich von Engelhardt.
Engelhardt, Dietrich von.Date: 1992
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Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.
Reference: 22375i
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Cleveland, the ficitious natural son of Oliver Cromwell, sits in a library reading, but philosophy cannot prevent the conflict within him between the senses and reason. Line engraving, 1751.
Date: 1751Reference: 46349i
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A patient thanking his dentist for pulling a tooth out and asking can he go and finish reading a magazine in the waiting-room. Reproduction of a drawing after H. Batchelor, 1928.
Batchelor, H., active 1928.Date: 1928Reference: 15481i
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Healing through books : the evolution and diversification of bibliotherapy / Natalia Tukhareli ; with a foreword by Joseph Gold.
Tukhareli, Natalia.Date: [2014]
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An old woman is reading a letter out to a man and a young woman around her chair. Mezzotint, 1837, by H. Dawe after W. Thomas.
Thomas, W.Date: Augt.1 1837Reference: 37085i
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Is literature healthy? / Josie Billington.
Billington, Josie, 1961-Date: 2016
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An apothecary with instruments of his profession seated in an arched window. Lithograph by M. Vernaut after G. Metsu.
Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.Reference: 36102i
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The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by T. Galle after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1610 and 1619]Reference: 2819133i
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Reader's block : a history of reading differences / Matthew Rubery.
Rubery, MatthewDate: 2022
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A schoolroom; illustrating Biblical proverbs on the necessity of the discipline of children. Engraving by H. Goltzius.
Reference: 26749i
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Anne teaching the young Mary to read. Engraving by Catenacci.
Reference: 21144i
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A man in ragged clothing has come upon a woman sitting inside a shelter made of sticks, reading a book: she looks startled as he approaches. Wood engraving by H. Linton.
Reference: 32194i
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The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
Reference: 23977i
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A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Colour photolithograph after F. van Mieris, the elder.
Mieris, Frans van, 1635-1681.Reference: 21634i
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A Greenwich Pensioner reading from a book to a small boy, both sitting on the balustrade at the Royal Naval Hospital. Wood engraving.
Reference: 33302i
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A young woman lies dying in her bed surrounded by a grieving family. Line engraving.
Reference: 17213i
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Learning to read : a paper / by Sir James Pitman.
Pitman, James, Sir, 1901-1985.Date: 1963
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What do boys and girls read? : an investigation into reading habits with some suggestions about the teaching of literature in secondary and senior schools / by A.J. Jenkinson.
Jenkinson, A. J. (Augustus John.)Date: [1940]
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A herb dealer justifies the price of his herbs to an alchemist sitting at a desk. Pen drawing by G. Morrow, 1909.
Morrow, George, 1869-1955.Date: 1909Reference: 37923i
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Reflection on digestion / Amanda Couch.
Couch, AmandaDate: 2012
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The reading of words : a study in apperception / by Walter Bowers Pillsbury.
Pillsbury, Walter Bowers.Date: 1897
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Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: left, Pensioners in one of the wards, right, inside one of the "cabbins". Wood engravings by M. Jackson, 1865.
Date: 1865Reference: 32354i

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A girl kneels on the floor by an old man holding a book on his lap: another man sits at a table with an open book, a third removes his hat as he enters the room. Engraving by L. Stocks after F. Nash.

An alchemist poring over a book, on his table stand an hour-glass, a skull, and an astrological globe. Engraving by J.N. Tardieu after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Bibliotherapie : Entwicklung, Situation und Perspektiven / von Dietrich von Engelhardt.

Joseph reads from the Bible while the Virgin Mary breast feeds Jesus. Etching by S. della Bella.

Cleveland, the ficitious natural son of Oliver Cromwell, sits in a library reading, but philosophy cannot prevent the conflict within him between the senses and reason. Line engraving, 1751.

A patient thanking his dentist for pulling a tooth out and asking can he go and finish reading a magazine in the waiting-room. Reproduction of a drawing after H. Batchelor, 1928.

Healing through books : the evolution and diversification of bibliotherapy / Natalia Tukhareli ; with a foreword by Joseph Gold.

An old woman is reading a letter out to a man and a young woman around her chair. Mezzotint, 1837, by H. Dawe after W. Thomas.

Is literature healthy? / Josie Billington.

An apothecary with instruments of his profession seated in an arched window. Lithograph by M. Vernaut after G. Metsu.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by T. Galle after P.P. Rubens.

Reader's block : a history of reading differences / Matthew Rubery.

A schoolroom; illustrating Biblical proverbs on the necessity of the discipline of children. Engraving by H. Goltzius.

Anne teaching the young Mary to read. Engraving by Catenacci.

A man in ragged clothing has come upon a woman sitting inside a shelter made of sticks, reading a book: she looks startled as he approaches. Wood engraving by H. Linton.

The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.

A physician taking the pulse of a woman who is touching her chest and reading a devotional book. Colour photolithograph after F. van Mieris, the elder.

A Greenwich Pensioner reading from a book to a small boy, both sitting on the balustrade at the Royal Naval Hospital. Wood engraving.

A young woman lies dying in her bed surrounded by a grieving family. Line engraving.

Learning to read : a paper / by Sir James Pitman.

What do boys and girls read? : an investigation into reading habits with some suggestions about the teaching of literature in secondary and senior schools / by A.J. Jenkinson.

A herb dealer justifies the price of his herbs to an alchemist sitting at a desk. Pen drawing by G. Morrow, 1909.

Reflection on digestion / Amanda Couch.

The reading of words : a study in apperception / by Walter Bowers Pillsbury.

Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: left, Pensioners in one of the wards, right, inside one of the "cabbins". Wood engravings by M. Jackson, 1865.