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Saint Mark, writing his gospel. Engraving by F.H. van Hoven after G. Freman.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.

Saint Luke. Engraving by F.H. van Hoven after G. Freman.

The seven golden candlesticks described in the book of Revelation. Engraving by L. Masson after B. Lens.

Saint John the Evangelist: his vision of the Apocalypse. Engraving by M. Masson.

Tobias curing the eyesight of Tobit under the direction of Raphael, two cherubs hold up a banner with printed text and a coat of arms, while a crowd pray to an angel. Line engraving by M. van der Gucht, c. 1686, after G. Freman.

The branches of agriculture and husbandry linked by lines showing their progression; (below) workers scythe wheat. Line engraving after Richard Blome (?), 1686.

Decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.

Saint Matthew. Etching by T. Burnford after G. Freman.

Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.

Saint Stephen: his martyrdom by stoning. Engraving by P. Masson after B. Lens.

The gentlemans recreation : in two parts : the first being an encyclopedy of the arts and sciences ... the second part treats of horsmanship, hawking, hunting, fowling, fishing, and agriculture : with a short treatise of cock-fighting ... : all which are collected from the most authentick authors, and the many gross errors therein corrected, with great enlargements ... : and for the better explanation thereof, great variety of useful sculptures, as nets, traps, engines, &c. are added for the taking of beasts, fowl and fish : not hitherto published by any : the whole illustrated with about an hundred ornamental and useful sculptures engraven in copper, relating to the several subjects.

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The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.

Saint Luke. Engraving by F.H. van Hoven after G. Freman.

Saint Stephen: his martyrdom by stoning. Engraving by P. Masson after B. Lens.

The seven golden candlesticks described in the book of Revelation. Engraving by L. Masson after B. Lens.