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Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Men resting their camels and smoking by the approach to Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Japanese huts and trees on two outcrops of rock either side of a channel of water. Watercolour.

Vignette title to part one of Oriental Scenery. Aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

In front of a grand palace, Moses draws water from a rock. Etching by J. Le Pautre.

Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Etching by J. Le Pautre.

Moses strikes a rock and water pours forth in abundance. Etching after F. Sigrist.

Geography: a table rock. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

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[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Vignette title to part one of Oriental Scenery. Aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.