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Two personified male and female symbols, the male wearing a condom with a rope bearing the label 'de sexo seguro'; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas and Centro Nacional de Educacion para la salud Ministerio de Salud Publica, Cuba. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
Date: [1996?]Reference: 679132i
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Male and female symbols engaged in a variety of unsafe and safe activities; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Colour lithograph, 1987.
Date: 1987Reference: 678974i
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The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bi-sexuality; with running figure of Cupid and the words AIDS, SIDA, HIV within the condom; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 676590i
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The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bisexuality; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 676582i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (arum) with seed-pods resembling the horn of a unicorn, and (below) a unicorn's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524849i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (hound's tongue) with leaves resembling the tongue of a dog, and (below) a dog's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524853i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the crest of a crested lark, and (below) the head of a crested lark. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524856i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling the fangs of a viper, above, and (below) a viper. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1923Reference: 524731i
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C. F. Menestrerii ... Philosophia imaginum id est sylloge symbolorum amlissima ... / E lingua Gallica in Latinam translata. Figurisque elegantioribus ac antea ornata.
Claude-François MénestrierDate: 1695
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A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
William Marshall CraigDate: 1st May 1813Reference: 37887i
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A witch at her cauldron surrounded by monsters. Etching by Jan van de Velde II, 1626.
Jan van de VeldeDate: 1626Reference: 37703i
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Des signes envisagés relativement à leur influence sur la formation des idées / [Pierre Prevost].
Pierre PrevostDate: 1800
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A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
Reference: 16218i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a fruit (pomegranate) resembling the human jaw, and (below) a jaw-bone and teeth. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524730i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with spots resembling those of a fish, and (below) a fish. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524734i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with flowers resembling the human eye, and (below) a pair of eyes. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1923Reference: 524852i
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Arabic geomantic signs, wheel of life and death, the zodiac wheel and the Veronica. Engraving.
Reference: 33532i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (crowfoot) resembling the antlers of a stag, and (below) the head of a stag. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1906Reference: 524732i
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The word 'SIDA' linked within a chain of male and female symbols representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Coprecos, Peru. Colour lithograph by Paco San Martin, ca. 1995.
Date: [1995?]Reference: 679175i
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The interpretation of dreams and moles : with other curious matters, relating to love and courtship.
Date: [1805?]
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Emblemata : Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI. and XVII. Jahrhunderts / herausgegeben von Arthur Henkel und Albrecht Schöne ; im Auftrage der Göttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Arthur HenkelDate: 1967
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant resembling a webbed foot, and (below) a webbed foot. Coloured ink drawing, c. 1923, , after G.B. Della Porta.
Giambattista della PortaDate: 1923Reference: 524728i
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Symbols and talismans from Hindu, pagan and Jewish religions illustrating superstition. Engraving.
Reference: 33459i
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A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
Reference: 21409i
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Speculum imaginum veritatis occultæ, exhibens symbola, emblemata, hieroglyphica, ænigmata. Omnitam materiæ, quam formæ varietate; exemplis simul, ac præceptis illustratum / authore R.P. Jacobo Masenio, è Societate Jesu.
Jacob MasenDate: 1681