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Nudité et pudeur : le mythe du processus de civilisation / Hans Peter Duerr ; traduit de l'allemand par Véronique Bodin avec la participation de Jacqueline Pincemin.
Duerr, Hans Peter.Date: [1998], ©1998
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A woman giving birth aided by a surgeon who fumbles beneath a sheet to save the lady from embarassment. Wood engraving after a woodcut, 1711.
Reference: 16944i
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A young woman, taken by surprise, covers her breasts. Stipple engraving with etching by W. Roffe after C.-M. Dubufe.
Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 673009i
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Saint Gregory the Great: thinking himself unworthy to be Pope, he retires to a cave and studies the scriptures, but churchmen come to persuade him to return to Rome. Engraving by P.P. Moles, 1769, after C. van Loo.
Vanloo, Carle, 1705-1765.Date: [1769?]Reference: 8617i- Pictures
Personifications of modesty (left) and liberality. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1755, after Guido Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: [1755]Reference: 2854870i