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The sitting woman holds a hand mirror and a scroll. The easel forms an oval where the window would be, forming a trompe l'oeil. The picture shows a bending tree

1 print : stipple engraving, printed in reddish brown

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

At the bottom of the print, two old demons blow into large conch shells

1 print : line engraving ; border 7.2 x 5.4 cm

A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

A numbered key to the significance of each object is given in Jachin and Boaz (op. cit.), p. v-vi. For the instruments and objects, see the list of subjects below

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.1 x 10.5 cm

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

4 unnumbered leaves, 80 pages, folded plate : diagrams ; (4to)

La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.

A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 1544.

The scene is set among ruins. The books have locks. A snake encompasses the globe; a toad sits beneath it

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 22.5 x 28.1 cm

A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

A snake encircles the globe; a toad sits next to it

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 14.6 x 10.5 cm

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

She bears a compass and a square rule. She sits on a table with a book and a globe

1 print : line engraving ; image 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.

xx, 4 unnumbered pages, 240 pages, 12 folded leaves of plates : tables, illustrations ; (12mo)

Usage du compas de proportion, et de l'insrument [sic] universel, pour résoudre promptement & très-exactement les problêmes de la géometrie pratique, tant sur le papier que sur le terrein, sans aucun calcul. Avec un traité de la division des champs / Par M. Ozanam.

4 unnumbered leaves, 172 pages, 4 engr. folded plates : woodcut diagrams ; (4to)

Fabrica, et uso del compasso di proportione, dove insegna à gli artefici il modo di fare in esso le necessarie divisioni. E con varij problemi vsuali mostra l'vtilità di questo stromento, del molto rev. P. Paolo Casati ... dando la ragioni, & apportando le dimostrationi di tutte le operationi nella fabrica, e nell'vso ... / [Paolo Casati].

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.

A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 1544.

A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.

Usage du compas de proportion, et de l'insrument [sic] universel, pour résoudre promptement & très-exactement les problêmes de la géometrie pratique, tant sur le papier que sur le terrein, sans aucun calcul. Avec un traité de la division des champs / Par M. Ozanam.

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

La operazione del compasso geometrico et militare / Di Galileo Galilei ... Lettor delle matematiche nello studio di Padoua.

A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 1544.

A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.

Usage du compas de proportion, et de l'insrument [sic] universel, pour résoudre promptement & très-exactement les problêmes de la géometrie pratique, tant sur le papier que sur le terrein, sans aucun calcul. Avec un traité de la division des champs / Par M. Ozanam.

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