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Ambroise Paré, as an apprentice barber-surgeon in a busy shop in Paris
1 print : wood engraving ; image 10.8 x 16 cm
Lettering
Ambroise Paré apprenti-barbier, chirurgien a Paris. J. Ansseau. Morin.
Lettering
Ambroise Paré apprenti-barbier, chirurgien a Paris. J. Ansseau. Morin.
Consultation of Physicians
The three named quacks occupy the top of the shield, twelve other 'doctors' are situated in the lower half; most of them have gold canes held up to their noses, one is dipping his finger into a urinal while another holds it. Two pairs of crossed…
Phisicgongius von Grillenburg
1 print : 34 x 22 cm.
Technique:
engraving
Technique:
engraving
[Urine examination at a physicians' office or laboratory]
"Interior view: a woman with a young child are standing next to a physician who is holding a urine flask; in the background other physicians? are holding flasks; a satyr and a monkey at the top of the page are indicative of the fallacy of the…
The Corn Doctors: A Fair Subject!
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour.
[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
11 volumes : plates (some folded) ; (folio); Vol. 10 containes the frontispiece to the Encyclopédie.
Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: False imprint; there were two 'Paris eds., one published at Geneva (see new BM Cat.)
Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: False imprint; there were two 'Paris eds., one published at Geneva (see new BM Cat.)
John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform
1 print : aquatint and etching ; image 16.2 x 34 cm
[Physician attending to a woman in bed]
1 print : 37 x 28 cm.
Technique:
lithograph
Technique:
lithograph
[Physician attending to a woman in bed]
1 print : 37 x 28 cm.
Technique:
lithograph
Technique:
lithograph