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Rycaut Emir Bashee.jpg
A picture of an illustration of Emir Bashee, the head of the Turkish religion.

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Rycaut Parish Priest.jpg
A picture of an illustration of an imam.

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Rycaut Holy man.jpg
A picture of an illustration of a holy man.

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Title page of Margaret Bryan's A Compendious System of Astronomy

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Image of the binding showing minor wear across front and on corners. Bound in dark brown calf in the late 19th century.

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Red lettering piece attached to spine. Edges slightly fraying up - possibly taken from an earlier binding. Reads "A Guide to Health Etc."

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Handwritten note on front endpaper. Lists price of the text, date and location of binding by Jeffries & Son, states that a copy of Paul's "Gaol Fever" is bound in.

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The_Approach_of_the_Emperor_of_China_to_His_Tent_in_Tartary_to_Receive_the_British_Ambassador_(brightened).jpg
An ink and water color illustration showing the approach of the Qianlong Emperor to the ceremony in which he and Lord Macartney would meet. Made in 1793 by William Alexander, one of the artists employed by the Macartney Embassy.

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Frontispiece of a portrait of Samuel Johnson. Engraved by Heath from an original painting by Opie.

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Diagram of a skeleton from Plate 59 and Table X of Cheselden's Anatomical Tables of the Human Body.
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