Sphera volgare novamente tradotta con molte notande additioni di geometria, cosmographia, arte navicatoria [sic], et stereometria, proportioni, et quantita delli elementi, distanze ... di tutti li corpi celesti / [Mauro].

Euclid. Line engraving.

People smelling flowers on the steps of an ornamental garden; representing the sense of smell. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1638.

A man caresses a woman; representing the sense of touch. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

World War One: soldiers escorting wounded men from a war damaged building. Photogravure, 1916, after F. Matania.

A woman looks at herself in her mirror; a man looks through a telescope; representing the sense of sight. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, ca. 1650.

A group of musicians; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving by A. Bosse, c. 1650.

A woman personifying astronomy. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett.

The castle of knowledge / [Robert Record].

The Phrygian sibyl. Engraving by G. Petrini after P. Salari after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Pea Shelled

Pea Brain, artwork of the brain

Microparticle drug delivery

Human heart (aortic valve) tissue displaying calcification

Human heart (aorta) tissue displaying calcification

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