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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.
Reference: 21428i
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Das kleine Kind vom Tragbett bis zum ersten Schritt. Ueber das Legen, Tragen und Wiegen, Gehen, Stehen und Sitzen der kleinen Kinder bei den verschiedenen Völkern der Erde / Beobachtungen und Studien von H. Ploss.
Ploss Hermann Heinrich, 1819-1885.Date: 1881
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An historical account of inventions and discoveries in those arts and sciences, which are of utility or ornament to man. Lend assistance to human comfort, a polish to life, and render the civilized state, beyond comparison, preferable to a state of nature / traced from their origin; with every subsequent improvement, by J.F. Lake Williams.
Williams, J. F. Lake (J. Frederick Lake)Date: 1820
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An elaborate English bazaar. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12149i
Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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A natural history of the senses / Diane Ackerman.
Ackerman, Diane, 1948-Date: [1990], ©1990
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Plenti and grase : food and drink in a sixteenth-century household : 'plenti and grase bi in this plase whyle everi man is plesed in his degre' / Mark Dawson.
Dawson, Mark (Mark Edward)Date: 2009
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The turn of the screw and other stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by T.J. Lustig.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.Date: 1998
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Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet at supper. Etching by B. Picart after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
Tintoretto, 1518-1594.Reference: 22631i
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A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12148i
Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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Transplanting of teeth.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1787Reference: 16589i
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The origins of popular superstitions and customs / by T. Sharper Knowlson.
Knowlson, T. Sharper (Thomas Sharper), 1867-1947.Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]
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Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man / by S. Baring-Gould.
Date: 1892
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A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.
Reference: 21325i
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Café Procope, Paris: men and women chatting over drinks. Aquatint.
Reference: 22048i
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Sarawak: Sea Dayak men at a head feast. Photograph.
Reference: 31453i
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A physician's wife having tea with one of her husbands patients: she enquires if he is feeling better; he retorts that the more he sees the doctor the worse he feels. Process print after G. Belcher, 1929.
Belcher, George Frederick Arthur, 1875-1947.Date: 1929Reference: 15485i
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A gentlemen's dinner looking out onto the river. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12153i
Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
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L'enfant : la naissance, le bapteme / par Alfred Franklin.
Franklin, Alfred, 1830-1917.Date: 1895
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Pittville Spa from the river, Cheltenham. Coloured steel engraving by J.C. Hunter after M.D. Eichbaum.
Eichbaum, M. D. (M. Dederick)Reference: 16676i
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The manners, lawes, and customes of all nations / Collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus Aubanus, a Dutch-man. With many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the Historie of Nicholas Damascen. The like also out of the History of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius. The faith, religion, and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus à Goes. With a short discourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de Emendatione temporum. Written in Latin, and now newly translated into English. By Ed. Aston.
Boemus, Joannes, approximately 1485-1535.Date: 1611
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An African medicine man or shaman using symbols and small animals to eject a demon (disease). Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Reference: 21353i
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The memoirs of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : recollections of the second French Empire / edited by Edward A. Crane.
Evans, Thomas W. (Thomas Wiltberger), 1823-1897.Date: 1906
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A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.
Reference: 21329i
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Die Sitten der Völker : Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der Erde / bearb. auf Grund der Beiträge hervorragender Fachgelehrter wie T.J. Albridge [and others] von Georg Buschan.
Date: [1914-1922]
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Saint Mary Magdalene holds an ointment jar; in the background she washes Christ's feet with the ointment and dries them with her hair. Engraving by J. Saenredam after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]Reference: 556514i

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A shaman or medicine man with extensive body painting, Worgaia, Central Australia. Process print.

Das kleine Kind vom Tragbett bis zum ersten Schritt. Ueber das Legen, Tragen und Wiegen, Gehen, Stehen und Sitzen der kleinen Kinder bei den verschiedenen Völkern der Erde / Beobachtungen und Studien von H. Ploss.

An elaborate English bazaar. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

A natural history of the senses / Diane Ackerman.

Plenti and grase : food and drink in a sixteenth-century household : 'plenti and grase bi in this plase whyle everi man is plesed in his degre' / Mark Dawson.

The turn of the screw and other stories / Henry James ; edited with an introduction and notes by T.J. Lustig.

Saint Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet at supper. Etching by B. Picart after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Transplanting of teeth.

The origins of popular superstitions and customs / by T. Sharper Knowlson.

Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man / by S. Baring-Gould.

A Zulu medicine man or shaman performing a ritual to fend off a hailstorm, South Africa. Halftone after Trappist Mission, Natal.

Café Procope, Paris: men and women chatting over drinks. Aquatint.

Sarawak: Sea Dayak men at a head feast. Photograph.

A physician's wife having tea with one of her husbands patients: she enquires if he is feeling better; he retorts that the more he sees the doctor the worse he feels. Process print after G. Belcher, 1929.

A gentlemen's dinner looking out onto the river. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

L'enfant : la naissance, le bapteme / par Alfred Franklin.

Pittville Spa from the river, Cheltenham. Coloured steel engraving by J.C. Hunter after M.D. Eichbaum.

An African medicine man or shaman using symbols and small animals to eject a demon (disease). Wood engraving by Dalziel after J. Leech.

The memoirs of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : recollections of the second French Empire / edited by Edward A. Crane.

A medicine or shaman adorned with white paint, standing above a sick man trying to drive away the disease. Halftone.

Die Sitten der Völker : Liebe, Ehe, Heirat, Geburt, Religion, Aberglaube, Lebensgewohnheiten, Kultureigentümlichkeiten, Tod und Bestattung bei allen Völkern der Erde / bearb. auf Grund der Beiträge hervorragender Fachgelehrter wie T.J. Albridge [and others] von Georg Buschan.

Saint Mary Magdalene holds an ointment jar; in the background she washes Christ's feet with the ointment and dries them with her hair. Engraving by J. Saenredam after H. Goltzius.