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  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac. Coloured engraving.
  • A woman with an armillary sphere; representing astrology. Etching by C. Schut.
  • Geography: three types of globe. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1807.
  • A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
  • Astronomy: stars in the night sky, with Encke's comet. Coloured engraving by J. Basire, 1851 after C. Piazzi Smyth.
  • Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • A star falls into the pit of hell as locusts torture those unelected to heaven. Woodcut, c. 16th century.
  • Optics: spectra of various pigments, compared with that of our Sun. Coloured process print by Cassell.
  • Astronomy: a star map of the night sky. Engraving, 1786.
  • The celestial planisphere or transparent star director.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Cancer. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Drypoint by Torras.
  • Astronomy: an angel astride the cosmos, looking heavenward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Gemini. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.
  • Navigation: the engraved titlepage to the Mariners Magazine. Engraving by T. Cross 1669 [after S. Sturmy?].
  • Astronomy: a star map of the night sky. Coloured engraving by G. Zuliani after Castellan, with lettering by G. Pitteri,1777.
  • Astronomy: a chart of the constellation Orion. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a chart of the constellations Great Bear and Little Bear. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine longitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in German: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • Astrology: various constellations. Coloured engraving by S. Hall.
  • Astronomy: Sir William Herschel's diagram of the heavens. Etching, 1813.
  • Astrology: constellations, Taurus. Coloured engraving.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.