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  • Hieronymi Cardani ... In Cl. Ptolemaei Pelvsiensis IIII de astrorum iudicijs, aut, ut uulgò uocant, Quadripartitae constructionis libros commentaria, quae non solum astronomis & astrologis, sed etiam omnibus philosophiae studiosis plurimum adiumenti adferre poterunt. Nunc primùm in lucem aedita. Praeterea eiusdem Hier. Cardani geniturarum XII et avditv mirabilia et notatu digna, & ad hanc scientiam recte exercendam obseruatu utilia, exempla. Atque alia multa quae interrogationibus et electionibus praeclarè seruiunt uanáque à ueris rectè secernunt. Ac denique eclipseos, quam grauissima pestis subsecuta est, exemplum / [Ptolemy].
  • Ex Aeliani historia per Petrum Gyllium latini facti, itemque ex Porphyrio, Heliodoro, Oppiano, tum eodem Gyllio luculentis accessionibus aucti libri XVI. De ui et natura animalum. Eiusdem Gyllii liber unus de gallicis et latinis nominibus piscium / [Claudius Aelian].
  • Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy). Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1587.
  • Claudius Ptolemaeus [Ptolemy]. Line engraving.
  • Astronomy: Ptolemy and Euclid with an armillary sphere between them. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: Ptolemy and Johannes Regiomontanus, seated with an armillary sphere and the heavens above them. Process print, 1879, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Aristotle and Ptolemy discuss with Copernicus their respective views on the movements of the Sun and the Earth. Engraving, 1663, after S. Della Bella, 1632.
  • Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741, after by P. Langendijk, 1715.
  • Saint Praxedes (Praxedis) and Saint Pudentiana mopping up the blood of a female martyr. Engraving.
  • Mathematicians: Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Euclid, Nicomachus, Aristoxenus and Iamblichus. Engraving after J. van Steegeren, 1667 or 1668.
  • Astronomy: five astronomers, forming the allegorical titlepage to N. Mulerius,Tabulae frisicae lunae-solares quadruplices. Engraving, 1611.
  • Astronomy: seven astronomers, forming the allegorical titlepage to Dirck Rembrantz van Nierop, Nederduytsche astronomia. Engraving.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Mochetti after Raphael.
  • The School of Athens: a key to the figures in the centre of the composition. Engraving by G. Volpato, after Raphael.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by J. & T. Bartlett, 1835, after Raphael.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of ancient philosophers. Engraving by G. Volpato after G. Cades after Raphael.
  • The school of Athens: a gathering of Greek philosophers disputing with Saint Paul the Apostle. Engraving by G. Ghisi, 1550, after Raphael.
  • Nicolas Copernicus among other astronomers of the world. Process print after a wood engraving by J. Styfi and J. Holewinski, 18--, after M.E. Andirolli, 1873.
  • Mathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.