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Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

The Temple of Solomon: aerial view, with flames billowing from the sacrificial altar. Wood engraving.

The Temple of Solomon, its grounds and some of its interiors. Engraving.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

One of the women whose child has died and whom Solomon will judge. Stipple engraving after N. Poussin.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots. Colour etching by C. Ploos van Amstel, 1782, after L. van Leyden.

Those who named the plants: Adam, Solomon, Theophrastus, and Dioscorides. Oil paintings.

The bustling courtyard of the temple of Solomon. Etching by J. Danckerts.

Salomon and Saturn / Treatise on the German and Latin versions ; French version of ditto ; also the proverbs of Aelfred, Hending, and other proverbs in Anglo-Saxon, demandes joyous, &c.

Explicatio oder Ausslegung über die Wohrten Salomonis: in herbis, verbis, et lapidibus, magna est virtus. Sampt beygefügtem Tractätlein. De quinta essentia metallorum ... / [Johann Rudolf Glauber].

The Key of Solomon the king (Clavicula Salomonis) / now first translated and edited from ancient MSS in the British Museum by S. Lidell MacGregor Mathers.

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The Key of Solomon the king (Clavicula Salomonis) / now first translated and edited from ancient MSS in the British Museum by S. Lidell MacGregor Mathers.