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Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Engraving by Aubin.
Reference: 47811i
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Two circular charts showing the configuration of the stars with the Hebrew alphabet. Engraving.
Reference: 33503i
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A Chinese physician sitting on a throne (?) surrounded by fruits, flowers and insects. Engraving.
Reference: 21432i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with roots resembling a dog's testicles, and (below) a dog's genitals. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1906Reference: 525033i
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The sorcerer Isman with a wand in an enchanted forest: an episode in Gerusalemme liberata by Tasso. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after J.J. Lecurieux, 1838.
Lecurieux, Jacques Joseph, 1801-1867.Date: 1838Reference: 38045i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1906Reference: 524736i
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A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..
Collins, John, approximately 1725-1758 or 1759.Date: 1763Reference: 37879i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (acanthus) with seed-pods resembling a frog, and (below) the head of a frog. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1906Reference: 525028i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant ("sferra cavallo") with leaves resembling the moon, and (below) the moon. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1906Reference: 524733i
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Das Buch der Zeichen und Symbole / herausgegeben von I. Schwarz-Winklhofer und H. Biedermann.
Date: 1972
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Doctrine of signatures : plant resembling a bee.
Etheridge, C., Miss, active 1904-1907Date: [1906]Reference: 524727i
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De symbolica Aegyptiorvm sapientia, in qua symbola, parabolae, historiae selectae, quae ad omnem emblematum, aenigmatvm hieroglyphicorum cognitionem viam praestant / Autore Nicolao Caussino Trecensi è Soc. Iesv.
Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.Date: Anno 1631
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Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto, 1609-1664.Date: [between 1650 and 1659?]Reference: 37534i
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Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Engraving by Aubin.
Reference: 47812i
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Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the human womb, and (below) a foetus in the womb. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.Date: 1906Reference: 525032i

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Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Engraving by Aubin.

Two circular charts showing the configuration of the stars with the Hebrew alphabet. Engraving.

A Chinese physician sitting on a throne (?) surrounded by fruits, flowers and insects. Engraving.

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with roots resembling a dog's testicles, and (below) a dog's genitals. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

The sorcerer Isman with a wand in an enchanted forest: an episode in Gerusalemme liberata by Tasso. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after J.J. Lecurieux, 1838.

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (acanthus) with seed-pods resembling a frog, and (below) the head of a frog. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant ("sferra cavallo") with leaves resembling the moon, and (below) the moon. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.

Das Buch der Zeichen und Symbole / herausgegeben von I. Schwarz-Winklhofer und H. Biedermann.

Doctrine of signatures : plant resembling a bee.

De symbolica Aegyptiorvm sapientia, in qua symbola, parabolae, historiae selectae, quae ad omnem emblematum, aenigmatvm hieroglyphicorum cognitionem viam praestant / Autore Nicolao Caussino Trecensi è Soc. Iesv.

Circe sits with books and wand; to right, men transformed into animals. Etching by G.B. Castiglione, 165-.

Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Engraving by Aubin.

Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with seed-pods resembling the human womb, and (below) a foetus in the womb. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.