Concept
Microcosm and macrocosm
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![The pardoxal [sic] discourses of M.F. van Helmont, concerning the macrocosm and microcosm: or, the greater and lesser world and their union / Set down in writing by J.B. and now published.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0011233/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![The pardoxal [sic] discourses of M.F. van Helmont, concerning the macrocosm and microcosm: or, the greater and lesser world and their union / Set down in writing by J.B. and now published.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0050632/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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Above, a man studying the entrails of a cadaver as the microcosm, with the macrocosm behind; below, Hippocrates, holding the staff of Aesculapius, and Galen; bottom, instruments for anatomy and surgery. Engraving by A. Santvoort, ca. 1650.
Date: [1650?]Reference: 567446i
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The pardoxal [sic] discourses of M.F. van Helmont, concerning the macrocosm and microcosm: or, the greater and lesser world and their union / Set down in writing by J.B. and now published.
Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699.Date: 1685- Pictures
The personification of History collects the features of mankind into one book, representing the book 'The wonders of the little world' by Nathaniel Wanley. Stipple engraving, 1788.
Date: [1788]Reference: 2439198i
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Philosophia Moysaica. In qua sapientia et scientia creationis et creaturarum sacra veréque Christiana (vt pote cujus basis sive fundamentum est unicus ille Lapis Angularis Iesus Christus) ad amussim et enucleaté explicatur / Authore Rob. Flud, alias De Fluctibus.
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.Date: 1638
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The microcosm (man) and the macrocosm (the world). Line engraving by T. de Bry, 1617.
Date: 1617Reference: 2989i