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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.
Fairclough, T. Lindsay.Reference: 21348i
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A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12151i
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Of human bondage / Somerset Maugham.
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.Date: 2000
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Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.
Boilard, active approximately 1720.Reference: 20262i
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Anthropometamorphosis, man transform'd, or, The artificial changeling : historically presented in the mad and cruel gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome lovelinesse of most nations, fashioning & altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature : with a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature and an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant / by J.B.
J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656Date: 1650
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American mania : when more is not enough / Peter C. Whybrow.
Whybrow, Peter C.Date: [2005]
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A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12152i
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A popular and fashionable centre devoted to the arts and sciences. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883.Reference: 12158i
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The Montpellier Rotunda, Cheltenham: interior. Line engraving by J. Radford, 1830, after T.H. Moody.
Moody, T. H.Date: 18 October 1830Reference: 16637i
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African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21357i
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A central caricature of the morning promenade at Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham, with little sketches of scenes, people, and objects. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Dec. 1833Reference: 16633i
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A history of private life / Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby, general editors.
Date: 1987-
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A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.
Reference: 21322i
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Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.
Reference: 31448i
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Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20216i
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Histoire de la vie privée / sous la direction de Philippe Ariès et de Georges Duby.
Date: ©1985-<©1986>
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Folkways : a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners, customs, mores, and morals / With a special introduction by William Lyon Phelps.
Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910.Date: [1960]
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An Aboriginal medicine man or shaman from the Kakadu tribe sucking the illness from a patient. Process print after B. Spencer, 1914.
Spencer, Baldwin, 1860-1929.Date: 1914Reference: 21343i
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Transplanting of teeth.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1787Reference: 16595i
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Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.
Reference: 30776i
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Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
Reference: 21495i
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A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.
Reference: 21472i
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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. : secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II. and James II. Comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith, from the original short-hand MS. in the Pepysian Library, and a selection from his private correspondence / Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke.
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.Date: 1825
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Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century : daily life, customs and learning of the Moslims of the East-Indian-archipelago / C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by J. H. Monahan.
Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan), 1857-1936.Date: 1970
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A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 21718i

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A Zulu medicine woman or shaman practising in Basutoland, South Africa. Halftone after a photograph by L. Fairclough.

A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Of human bondage / Somerset Maugham.

Crowds of old and infirm people arrive at the fountain of youth to drink the special water; to the left are a group of youthful people dancing and singing, rejuvenated by the spring. Engraving by Boilard, ca. 1720.

American mania : when more is not enough / Peter C. Whybrow.

A popular acrobatics performance. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

A popular and fashionable centre devoted to the arts and sciences. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

The Montpellier Rotunda, Cheltenham: interior. Line engraving by J. Radford, 1830, after T.H. Moody.

African people of the Camma tribe dancing by the light of a fire. Wood engraving.

A central caricature of the morning promenade at Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham, with little sketches of scenes, people, and objects. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.

A history of private life / Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby, general editors.

A Liberian medicine man or shaman, West Africa. Halftone.

Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.

Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.

Histoire de la vie privée / sous la direction de Philippe Ariès et de Georges Duby.

Folkways : a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners, customs, mores, and morals / With a special introduction by William Lyon Phelps.

An Aboriginal medicine man or shaman from the Kakadu tribe sucking the illness from a patient. Process print after B. Spencer, 1914.

Transplanting of teeth.

Sarawak: a peace-making ceremony between two Kayan tribes. Photograph.

Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.

A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.

Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century : daily life, customs and learning of the Moslims of the East-Indian-archipelago / C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by J. H. Monahan.

A physician gazing in amazement at a urine sample of an elderly female patient who is seated near him in a richly furnished room. Engraving by J.B. Fosseyeux after F. Giani after G. Dou.