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An image depicting Wolfsbane, an incredibly deadly plant that grows throughout Europe.
Scan of wooden block created picture of white lavender from Gerard's Herbal 2nd Edition
This is an image from Gerard of a type of moss that can apparently grow on human bone.
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.
This is a page from Gerard's Herbal showing the Tornefole, or the trefoil, plant.
Full page scan of Turkie Corne from Gerards Herbal done at Utah State University.
Alchemic approach to four humors in relation to the four elements and zodiacal signs. Book illustration in “Quinta Essentia” by Leonhart Thurneisser zum Thurn (gen. Leonhard Thurneysser). Inscriptions (clockwise): Flegmat, Sanguin, Coleric, Melang.…
Alchemic approach to four humors in relation to the four elements and zodiacal signs. Book illustration in “Quinta Essentia” by Leonhart Thurneisser zum Thurn (gen. Leonhard Thurneysser). Inscriptions (clockwise): Flegmat, Sanguin, Coleric, Melang.…
An oil painting of apples, grapes and a pot of jam
A page from a recipe book "Cookery Recipes and Medical Cures" written by Mariabella Charles c. 1678. It describes how to make a cake.
A copperplate with a map engraved into it. The etch marks on this plate would be filled with ink and used for printing.
Mike Peel, The Copper Plate Map.
Mike Peel, The Copper Plate Map.
overview of how the telescope developed through time up to Galileo and how it works
A picture of the surface of Mars taken by "Spirit," the Mars exploration rover.
This is a detailing of a portion of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, an Ancient Egyptian scroll now housed in the British Museum. This scroll features mathematical problems, including the calculating of the slope of a pyramid, called a Seked. Dated…
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.
A three-tiered diagram symbolizing the arts of alchemy. The top symbolizes the various states of matter, the middle represents diagrams. The lower section symbolizes distillation and calcination.
The title page for Richard Turner's 1765 book "Plain Trigonometry," bound together with his works on Astronomy and Geography.