Portrait of an ordinary pharmacist serving people during the Renaissance. Hermann Gelder used a version of the old engraving appearing in Hans Sachs' "Ergentliche Beschreibung aller Stande auf Erden." The original has been attributed to Jost Aman....
Bookplate: Clothing is pulled over the head of a figure that is disrobing in front of an examining table illuminated by a ceiling light. Physician stands at right with his hands behind his back.
Portrait of a knight on horseback carrying a banner. Hills are shown in the background. A coat of arms appears next to the knight. Drawn by Robieuscheff.
Picture of a human head with a locked panel with a keyhole and a bolt on the upper side of the head. Caption "Avenir Atomique." Name of Dr. Joan Catasus at bottom.
Picture of a man resting his head in his hand, with fancy border including a dog, a skull, a lamp, and a banner saying "Per vitam sine culpa." Text at bottom of plate: "This volume has been purchased for the library of the New York Academy of...
Picture of a man holding a large microscope and looking at a body with it, with a skeleton looking on in the background. Name of Dr. Antal Miklos at bottom.
Portrait of a semi-nude woman standing near a bookcase with a snake curled around her arm. Surrounded by various objects including an owl, skull, books, and a rug. Drawn by C. Heine.
Bookplate: Poem enclosed in a ruled border: If thou art borrowed by a friend, Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, not to lend, But to return to me.
Picture initialed H. F. K. of a skull on top of a stack of books, with the caduceus in front, and with symbols of medical instruments at the top. Bookplate for Dr. med. Edmund Kammeyer.
Bookplate: Inscribed in a circle is a male physician examining a female patient's eye. Below is a caduceus superimposed over the letters "R.L." against a backdrop of books and several onion-domed buildings.
Bookplate: In a medieval interior, an elderly bearded man in long robes tries on spectacles. Another bearded man sits at a table offering other spectacles.
Bookplate: A physician examines a flask of urine while taking the pulse of a woman. Another woman looks on. Composition inspired by a Jan Steen painting.
Bookplate: Aesculapius with staff in a medallion surrounded by a border with a stag pursued by a hunter with gun, a chemical retort, and a raven. On verso is 04047.
Bookplate: An elderly bearded man in expensive robes leans across the bed of a young woman. A skull peers over his left shoulder. Above, a banner with "Apage Mors." Below, two snakes threaten across an open flame.
Bookplate: The upper half of the plate has the initials "A" and "G" intertwined with an eye inside the "G." A copy of an illuminated manuscript by Albert von Graefe lies open on the table below.
Three different figures shown left to right: two serpents twined around a staff, each with the tail of the other in its mouth; picture of a single serpent in an "S"-shaped coil around a "T"-shaped staff; a number of serpents emerging an amorphous...
Picture of a coat of arms with helmet. A goblet is on one side of the coat of arms and an apothecary jar is on the other. Drawn by Estiarte. "No. 103" is at the bottom of the sheet. Text in Spanish.
Picture of a stagecoach filled with passengers being drawn by four horses. A horseshoe is shown in the lower right hand corner. Drawn by D. B. M. Text at top of sheet: "La Belle Epoque." Drawn by D. Bueno de Mesquita.
Bookplate is in the shape of a book with a mountainous landscape on the cover. A medical tent is in the middleground. A caduceus emblem is in the left foreground. Drawn by H. Huffert.
Picture of a man wrapped in a newspaper reading a book. Several open newspapers and a shelf of books are shown behind him. There is also a book and a several newspapers on the floor. Drawn by Brugnot. Text on verso in English, German, and French.
Picture of two women: One is lying in a bed, the other is standing beside her holding a torch in her left hand and a book. A skeleton is in the background. Drawn by Estiarte.
Picture of a coat of arms with a crowned lion with a fishtail in the center. Another lion is shown on top of the coat of arms. The coat of arms has an ornate floral border. Text in Latin.
Outdoor picture of a small child standing near a pool of water. A caduceus is shown in his left arm. A small bird is shown in the upper left hand side of the sheet. Drawn by Lobisser.
An elderly man and a young woman at the bedside of a youth. At the corners are the seals of the four universities with which Osler was associated. Purchased through the William Osler Testimonial Fund for the Advancement of Medicine.