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  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
  • The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.
  • The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the phases of the moon, and the rings of Saturn. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: comets in a night sky. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: five diagrams of the surface of the moon, during its phases. Aquatint after Galileo Galilei.
  • Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the phases of the moon. Engraving.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
  • Astronomy: a large, bright, comet in the night sky, being observed by two men. Engraving, 1811.
  • Astronomy: the 28 phases of the moon in a lunar month. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Astronomy: the moon goddess (Diana), in her chariot drawn by a pair of women. Engraving by C. Lasinio, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
  • Astronomy: comets in a night sky. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the earth and other planets. Coloured engraving, 1846.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
  • Navigation: a man using a Jacob's staff (cross staff), various other measuring devices at his feet. Woodcut, 16--.