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A003. Engraving from Michel de Marolles, Tableaux du temple des muses, Paris, 1655.

A006. The Macrocosm and the Microcosm. Frontispiece from Robert Fludd's Utriusque cosmi historia.

A007. Woodcut from Andreas Libavius Commentariorum alchymiae.

A016. Large engraving of the polarities in the macrocosm and the microcosm, from J.D. Mylius Opus medico-chymicum. Landscape formatm

A019. Frontispiece from Beroalde de Verville's Le Tableau des riches inventions.

A035. Frontispiece from Johann Daniel Mylius Philosophia reformata, Frankfurt, 1622.

A047. Frontispiece to Hermetis Trismegisti Erkäntnüss der natur, Hamburg, 1706.

A048. Pyramid of lions, from Andreas Libavius, Alchymia, Frankfurt, 1606.

A056. Engraving from Giovanni Lacinio, Pretiosa margarita..., Leipsig, 1714.

A058. Redrawn from the frontispiece engraving to Denis Zachaire Die Natürliche Philosophia, 1724.

A069. Vitriol acrostic (originally from Basil Valentine) in Johann Neithold Aureum Vellus; oder Güldenes Vleiss, Frankfurt, 1733.

A076. Engraving from Ashmole's Theatrum Chemcicum Britannicum, 1652.

A079. Engraving from Michael Maier, Tripus aureus, 1618.

A086. Frontispiece engraving from Urban Hjärne Actorum Chemicorum Holmiensium, 1753

A103. Woodcut from Libavius Commentariorum alchymiae, 1606.

A109.Engraving from Malachias Geiger Microcosmus hypochondriacus, Munich, 1651.

A128. Engraving from Samuel Norton, Alchymiæ complementum..., 1630.

A133. Frontispiece engraving from Drey curieuse chymische tractätlein, 1774.

A139.Frontispiece from Alexander von Suchten Chymische Schrifften, 1680.

A141. Engraving one from Michelspacher Cabala: Spiegel der Kunst und Natur, 1615.

A142. Engraving two from Michelspacher Cabala: Spiegel der Kunst und Natur, 1615.

A155. Engraved title page from Michael Maier, Viatorium, hoc est, de montibus planetarum septem seu metallorum, Rouen, 1651.

A158. Woodcut from Ramon Lull, Liber de ascensu et descensu intellectus, Valencia, 1512.

A161.Redrawn version of George Ripley's tomb.

A167. Engraving from Hermogenes, Des aufrichtigen Hermogenes Apocalypsis, Leipzig, 1739.

A170. Engraved titlepage from Michael Maier, Viatorium, Oppenheim, 1618

A216.Engraving from Franz Clinge Ein Richtiger-Wegweiser... Berlin, 1701.

A217.Frontispiece engraving from Der curieusen Kunst- und Werck-Schul, Nurnberg, 1696.

A227.Frontispiece from Michael Sendivogius, Chymische Schrifften, Vienna, 1750.

All these images are copyright © Adam McLean 1998-2004. These are available for sale as coloured prints from the alchemy web bookstore or as high resolution images on the Alchemical and hermetic emblems CD-Rom.

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