Description Collection (page 2)

Advert, J Delcroix, Perfumer, New Bond Street, London
Advert, J Delcroix, Perfumer, of New Bond Street, London, and Cheltenham. 1826

Advert, A Rowland and Son, Hatton Garden, London, for Macassar Oil and other products. 1826

Advert, Henry Pointer, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Albion Street, Cheltenham. 1826

Advert, Henry Edwards, Fancy Jeweller and Cutler
Advert, Henry Edwards, Fancy Jeweller, Cutler, etc, of Cheltenham, General Repository for Fancy Goods. 1826

Advert,s Moss, Druggist, Operative & Experimental Chemist, High Street, Cheltenham. 1826

Advert, Montpellier Baths, Bath Road, Cheltenham. 1826

Advert for Tanner & Baylis Fly Waggons, to and from London, two days each way. 1826

Curtis British Entomology Plate 448
Hymenoptera: Lasioglossum tricingulum Curtis (Long-tongued Melitta), = Halictus xanthopus. This is the type description of Lasioglossum Curtis

Curtis British Entomology Plate 297
Hemiptera. Chorosoma arundinis (Sea-reed Cimex) = Chorosoma schillingii (the original generic description) [Plant: Armeria maritima (Common Thrift)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 181
Lepidoptera: *Lasiocampa medicaginis (Medick Eggar Moth), probably = L. trifolii. Curtis?s 1827 description and illustrations of a male adult and a larva do not conform well with L

Dress of the reign of King Henry II, Curtmantle, 1154-1189.. Long red ermine-lined mantle over long green dress, white veil and wimple

By Order of the Owner - Lot 1. Kitty, Chestnut Mare (property of a lady - very fast) - a lightly satirical (to whom does the description apply!!) postcard by Lance Thackeray (1867-1916). Date: 1902

External and internal parts of the human head. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Pl

Map of the Old Continent (Europe, Africa, Asia). Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Dance The Camel Walk demonstrated by Clifton Webb and June
A description of the new dance The Camel Walk demonstrated by Clifton Webb and June, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Ufos / Ryall / Australia
Mrs Shirley Ryall and her brother, Bevan Adam, are driving home to Barmedman, New South Wales, when they see this science-fiction like (their own description) UFO Date: 8 September 1970

MORTON, William Thomas Green (1819-1868). American dentist that considered himself as the inventor and revealer of the use of ether for surgical anesthesia

The veins of the human body
A woodcut showing the veins of the human body which are just under the skin. From: Mikrokosmographia: a description of the body of man, together with the controversies and figures thereto belonging

Mr. Cockings Parachute
Poster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr. Cockings Parachute, and of its Ascent, and all the Particulars of its Disastrous Descent

Movement of sperm and seminal fluid. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Plate 1, Volume 2

The Sciences [?] (header image of first discourse). Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

BERRIO, Gaspar Miguel de (1706-1761). Descripci󮠅
BERRIO, Gaspar Miguel de (1706-1761). Descripci󮠤 e zerro rico e imperial villa de Potos� (Description of Cerro Rico Hill and Potos� ity). 1758. Potos� choll

A group of mice feeding in the desert
Mus condilor. Gould. A group of mice feeding in the desert. From: Narrative of an expedition into central Australia Date: 1849

Officer, 7th Regiment of Foot, Royal Fusiliers

Pinus roxsburghii, Chin pine - Coloured copper engraving by Warner based on a watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer. A.B. Lambert, A description of the genus Pinus, London, 1803, t. 21 Date: 1803

Practica Compendiosa Artis Raymundi Lulli, book eighth, 1523
Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Practica Compendiosa Artis Raymundi Lulli, 1523. Book 8. Medicine subject. Description of the human skeleton

The Battle of Livorno, 1653-1664, by Reinier Nooms, called Z
Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (c. 1623-1664). Dutch painter. The Battle of Livorno, 1653-1664. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Fountain of Four Rivers, 1651, by Bernini. The river-god Gan
Italy. Rome. Fountain of Four Rivers, 1651, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Detail of river-god Ganges and Obelisk of Domitian. Navona Square

Altar. Sanctuary of Apollo Delphinios. Miletus
Miletus. Round Altar. 500 BC. Marble. From the Sanctuary of Apollo Delphinios. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Roman basilica.. Architectural elevation and plan of a Roman basilica from the description of Vitruvius. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

2nd / 3rd East Lancs Field Ambulance - Dingle Repertory Co
2nd/3rd East Lancs. Field Ambulance - The Dingle Repertory Company theatre programme c. 1916, designed by Arthur Mostyn for The Somn-Ambulance Theatre, Crowborough

Neuve Chapelle - WWI
Neuve Chapelle. Including a separate hand-written description as follows - Here enemy made a counter-attack (under cover of a mist) in mass formation

Two anatomical figures, one male and the other female
Title page of Mikrokosmographia with two anatomical figures, one male and the other female. Fom: Mikrokosmographia: a description of the body of man

Various surgical instruments
A woodcut depicting various surgical instruments. From: Mikrokosmographia: a description of the body of man, together with the controversies and figures thereto belonging. Date: 1616

The stomach and the gullet with blood supply
A woodcut showing the stomach and the gullet with blood supply. From: Mikrokosmographia: a description of the body of man, together with the controversies and figures thereto belonging. Date: 1616

Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error
Lodging-House Keeper (to professional lady) - " Which my usband, Miss, is one of the Virgins at the Cathedral!" Date: circa 1890s

Camellia Rawsiana, or Roscii, drawn by J J Jung, engraved by Oudet, in a book entitled Iconographie du Genre Camellia ou Description et Figures des Camellia les plus beaux et les plus rares peints d

Formation of planets myth. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Mapping eclipse / heavenly bodies, trigonometry. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy.Header to

Infants at play on beach. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy.Header to second discourse

First page of first discourse: l Histoire Naturelle. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy. Date: 1750

Containers for transporting & storing plants & seeds. Illustration from John Ellis, Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies to which is added

Parakeet undulated
Parrakeet undulated, article taken from George Shaws The Naturalists Miscellany vol. 16, 1751-1813

Reptiles from New Zealand
Descriptions of two hitherto unrecorded species of Reptiles from New Zealand. Passage taken from The Zoological Miscellany by John Edward Gray, 1831

Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed
A hand written description of horse weed from Flora Nov Eboracensis, part of the the Banks Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

LYRE, Nicol᳠de (1270-1340). Theologian. Plan
" LYRE, Nicol᳠ de (1270-1340). Theologian. Plan and description of the Temple of Jerusalem. Illustration of an edition of his " Postillae per-petuae in universam S

Title page of the book Description of Quito
" Title page of the book " Description of Quito province", on the discovery of the New World. Work printed in Madrid in 1783. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum."

Polo, Marco (1254-1324). Venetian traveller. Manuscript edition in French (14th c.). Trade of grains and fabrics. Description of the World. s.XIV. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris

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