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Please join us to celebrate the publication of One and other by Jonathan Cape and the launch of the Wellcome Collection's online archive of Antony Gormley's One & other project for the Mayor's fourth plinth commision in Trafalgar Square : Wednesday 20th October, 7-9 pm, Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE : drinks and canapés ... admits one ... / Wellcome Collection [and others].
Date: [2010]
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The book : the story of printing & bookmaking / by Douglas C. McMurtrie.
Douglas Crawford McMurtrieDate: 1948
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An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
Reference: 17896i
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Title page to 1859 edition of On the origin of species by Charles Darwin / Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection.
Date: 2009
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The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the library. Wood engraving by F. G. Kitton after himself.
Frederic KittonReference: 38367i
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Cleaning and caring for books : a practical manual / by Robert L. Shep.
Shep, R. L., 1933-2022Date: [1982], ©1982
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A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Q543948Date: 1565Reference: 25661i
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Preservation : a survival kit.
Date: [1988]
Books
Bibliography of preservation literature, 1983-1996 / Robert E. Schnare, Jr. and Susan G. Swartzburg ; with George M. Cunha.
Schnare, Robert E.Date: 2001
Digital Images
Online
Hopital St. Louis fold out plan
Jacques Tenon
Pictures
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A phrenologist in his consulting room, examining the head of a young man and dictating the results to his assistant while a woman looks on. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank, 1826, after H.T.D.B.
B., H. T. D.Date: Feb.y 24th. 1826Reference: 460156i
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The handbook of medieval library history / by Karl Christ.
Karl ChristDate: 1984
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Love me tender, love me... safely... : Your pocket guide to sex / Health Education Authority.
Date: 1994
Pictures
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Sir John Soane's House and Museum: the dressing room at ground floor level. Lithograph by C. J. Richardson.
Charles James RichardsonDate: [1835]Reference: 38489i
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Repairing books / [by G.S. Percival].
Percival, GeorgeDate: [1955?]
Books
The idea of the book in the Middle Ages : language theory, mythology, and fiction / Jesse M. Gellrich.
Jesse M. GellrichDate: 1985
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Catalogue of a bookseller's retail stock : comprising a variety of standard, miscellaneous works, juveniles, etc. : to be sold at auction / by Joseph Leonard, no.37 Tremont Row, on Tuesday, October 19, 1847.
Date: 1847
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Biomedical Society Minute Book Ballot paper
Pictures
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Cabinet-making: library bookcases surrounding a door. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
Whitaker, H., active 1848.Date: 2 January 1848Reference: 41323i
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Cleaning and preserving bindings and related materials / by Carolyn Horton ; illustrated by Aldren A. Watson.
Carolyn Price HortonDate: 1969
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An abstinent gentleman is read to in the park by a boy. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
Wilson, T. C.Date: [1840?]Reference: 25954i
Books
Books and portraits illustrating the history of plant classification exhibited in the department of botany.
National Museum of Ireland, Merrion StreetDate: 1909
Books
Historical journals : a handbook for writers and reviewers / by Dale R. Steiner, Casey R. Phillips.
Steiner, Dale R.Date: [1993], ©1993
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A bearded man walking the streets with his hat under his arm deeply engrossed in reading a book. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
John Thomas SmithDate: 31 December 1815Reference: 44011i
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Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
Q543948Date: 1565Reference: 25650i

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The book : the story of printing & bookmaking / by Douglas C. McMurtrie.

An omniscient virtuoso gestures boastfully at all the knowledge that lies available to him. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

Title page to 1859 edition of On the origin of species by Charles Darwin / Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection.

The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the library. Wood engraving by F. G. Kitton after himself.

Cleaning and caring for books : a practical manual / by Robert L. Shep.

A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Preservation : a survival kit.

Bibliography of preservation literature, 1983-1996 / Robert E. Schnare, Jr. and Susan G. Swartzburg ; with George M. Cunha.

Hopital St. Louis fold out plan

A phrenologist in his consulting room, examining the head of a young man and dictating the results to his assistant while a woman looks on. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank, 1826, after H.T.D.B.

The handbook of medieval library history / by Karl Christ.

Love me tender, love me... safely... : Your pocket guide to sex / Health Education Authority.

Sir John Soane's House and Museum: the dressing room at ground floor level. Lithograph by C. J. Richardson.

Repairing books / [by G.S. Percival].

The idea of the book in the Middle Ages : language theory, mythology, and fiction / Jesse M. Gellrich.

Catalogue of a bookseller's retail stock : comprising a variety of standard, miscellaneous works, juveniles, etc. : to be sold at auction / by Joseph Leonard, no.37 Tremont Row, on Tuesday, October 19, 1847.

Biomedical Society Minute Book Ballot paper

Cabinet-making: library bookcases surrounding a door. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.

Cleaning and preserving bindings and related materials / by Carolyn Horton ; illustrated by Aldren A. Watson.

An abstinent gentleman is read to in the park by a boy. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.

Books and portraits illustrating the history of plant classification exhibited in the department of botany.

Historical journals : a handbook for writers and reviewers / by Dale R. Steiner, Casey R. Phillips.

A bearded man walking the streets with his hat under his arm deeply engrossed in reading a book. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.

Three men read while a woman writes numerals; representing arithmetic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.