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An engraved portrait of John Parkinson included in Garden of Pleasant Flowers, originally by Albert Switzer.
Page 608 of Matthioli's Discorsi regards chilli peppers, which it claims came from India. It features printed text, as well as a printed colored image.
This image is an illustration found in the "Quinta Essentia" by Leonhart Thurneisser zum Thurn. It depicts the four humors in Galenic Medicine: phlegm, black bile, yellow bile, and blood. Each is associated with an element.
This map shows the contour lines of the map. This shows elevations on the map and land marks like mountains and valleys.
An example of a renaissance remedy for hemorrhoids found in Girolomo Ruscelli's The Secretes of the Reverende Mayster Alexis de Piemont
overview of how the telescope developed through time up to Galileo and how it works
An oil painting created in the late 16th century by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The painting depicts the Roman god of plant life, Vertumnus. The painting was commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.
This is a page from Gerard's Herbal showing the Tornefole, or the trefoil, plant.
Reference to witches, devils, and magicians in The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1628 edition.
This is a page from Gerard's Herbal. It is page 338 found in Volume I. It gives an example of the style of images used in the book.
Zoomed, still image of the word "noxious" from the Anatomy of Melancholy.
This is an image from Gerard of a type of moss that can apparently grow on human bone.
Close up of the word "zeale" in the context of the Anatomy of Melancholy.
Scan of wooden block created picture of white lavender from Gerard's Herbal 2nd Edition
The final page of the Book of Secretes showing the end of the table of contents from the first part of the book
An image of the title page for the Second Parte of the Book of Secretes
An example of some of the recipes found in the second part of the book of secretes.
An image of the inside cover of the book, The Secretes of the Reverende Mayster Piemont which contains the bookplate from one of the past owners.
An example of some of the marginalia notes found throughout the pages of the book of secretes
The fourth and final page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The third page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The second page of The Synopsis of the Second Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The fourth and final page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The third page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
The second page of the Synopsis of the First Partition of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
This is the beginning of the symptoms section in regards to love melancholy.
Gives a few common cases of love melancholy and goes into detail of how one becomes melancholic.
This is the section heading and front page of the love melancholy chapters in Robert Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy.
painting of a woman playing a stringed instrument while two men look on
Eli Duke treks through Antartica with Google Street view equipment strapped to his back.
Eli Duke, Antarctica: New Years Day Castle Rock Hike.
Eli Duke, Antarctica: New Years Day Castle Rock Hike.
A scan of page 72 from book three of The Secretes of Reverende Piedemont outlining recipes for the confiture of gourds and cherries.
A digital scan of page 65 from the third book in the book of secretes.
The title and printing page for a 1588 edition of Haven of Health by Thomas Orwin for William Norton.
This is page 6, the first page of several in Richard Turner's book "Plain Trigonometry," in which Turner walks the reader through the use of his axioms to solve right triangles.
In this, page 5 of Richard Turner's 1765 book "Plain Trigonometry," Turner describes his four axioms or rules that can be used to solve right triangles.
The dedication page of Richard Turner's 1765 book "Plain Trigonometry," bound together with his works on Astronomy and Geography. The page is addressed to the gentlemen who have an interest in trigonometry or have a use of it in their careers. …
The title page for Richard Turner's 1765 book "Plain Trigonometry," bound together with his works on Astronomy and Geography.
The Rothschild Canticles is a collection of meditations and prayers. Includes many remarkable illustrations as well
In this passage, Cogan details the reasons for why students should not consume wine. Describing drunkenness as an ungodly sin.
In this passage Cogan describes that the over consumption of wine has negatively impacted students. Due to their frequent drunkenness, he suggests they are not as wise as students who came before them.