Michael MAIER.

1585 Michael MAIER.
Septimana philosophica, qua ćnigmata aureola de omni naturae genere ŕ Salomone Israëlitarum sapientissimo rege, et Arabić regina Saba, nec non Hyramo, Tyri principe, sibi invicem in modum colloquii proponuntur et enodantur: ubi passim novć, at verć, cum ratione et experientia convenientes, rerum naturalium causć exponuntur et demonstrantur, figuris cupro incisis singulis diebus adjectis. Authore Michaele Maiero, Imperialis Consistori, Eq. Ex Med. D. & Cćs. Maiest. olim Aulico, nunc illustris Principis ac Dn. Mauritii, Hassić Landgravii, &c. Archiatro.
4° Francofurti. Typis Hartmanni Palthenii Sumptibus Lukae Iennis 1620
Ferguson British Library

[Illustrations:-
1. Engraved titlepage. 167x133mm.
2. p[12] of preliminary material. Engraving. Portrait of Maier aged 47 reprinting of plate in 'Symbola aureć mensć', 1617.
3. Inserted before p9. Engraving on folding sheet. 306x295mm. Diagram of Earth centred cosmos.
4. p22 Engraving. 105x105mm. The sphere of the Earth is shown divided into 360 degrees.
5. p23 Woodcut. 53x80mm. Geometric diagram showing the disc of the Sun as seen from the Earth.
6. p24 Woodcut. 52x80mm. Geometric diagram showing the disc of the Sun as seen from the Earth.
7. p31 Engraving. 138x107mm. Europa is seen on the globe of the Earth. Above the Sun shines on the Moon, which in turn reflects the rays onto the Earth.
8. p34 Engraving. 76x99mm. Various meteorological phenomena are shown - lightning, storm clouds, rain and snow.
9. p56 Engraving. 112x90mm. Two diagrams attempt to explain the origin of the rainbow. A man stands on the Earth viewing the appearance of the rainbow in the sky.
10. p61 Engraving. 108x103mm. Diagram of a man standing on the Earth and observing the Sun at zenith and on the horizon, demonstrating the how the disc of the Sun appears larger through parallax.
11. p67 Engraving. 76x100mm. Various mining operations are shown.
12. p115 Engraving. 77x99mm. Various growing things are shown - a forest of trees, an ornamental flower garden, and a field of corn.
13. p155 Engraving. 76x99mm. Various animals are seen in the four elements. Bull, horse, etc on the earth, a number of sea creatures in the water, swan, owl and other birds in the air, and a phoenix on a pyre of fire on top of a mountain.
14. p199 Engraving. 76x98mm. A philosopher holding a pair of compasses stands to the left of an armillary sphere. On the right a skeleton plays on a pipe and holds a vessel from which smoke billows forth.]