1642 Felix MAURER. Observationes Curioso-Physicæ, oder besondere Remarques und Anmerckungen der geheimen und grossen Wunder der Welt in natürlichen Sachen, welche sowol, am Himmel, in der Lufft, Feuer, Wasser, auf und in der Erde, an Menschen, Thieren, Gewächsen u.d.g. sich erzeiget, aus dem erfahrensten Physicorum und Natur-Verständigen Schrifften herausgezogen, und über die curieusesten Materien der natürlichen Wissenschafften gestellet von Felix Maurer, Physico & Medico. 8° Franckfurth und Leipzig: bey Johann Leonhard Buggeln, Buchhändlern in Nürnberg 1713 Young [Illustration:- Inserted at end of preliminary material. Engraving. 142x188mm. Neptune with his trident sits on the bank of a river in which a dolphin or sea-monster swims. On the right two men observe the heavens with a telescope. They seem to be examining the Sun which is depicted on the left as a sphere with various fires within it. Beside it are are number of planetary stars and Saturn with its rings. In the middle background a volcano erupts sending flames and smoke into the sky and various rocks spew forth. On a mountain on the left some people are working a windlass to extract ores from mines underground. In the middle distance Pan appears with a torch and blows on a trumpet chasing some griffins with a pair of dogs.]