Engraving of Roger Bacon, Thomas Bungay, and a Brazen Head from Robert Greene's The Honorable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bongay (unknown artist, 1630 CE). (via Wikipedia)
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Diana the Huntress, Orazio Gentileschi, 2nd quarter of 17th century
Diana the Huntress (Orazio Gentileschi, 17th century).
Titus Rescuing Basilides (Pietro Testa, 17th century).
(via NGV)
The Azoth emblem—from Basil Valentine’s Azoth of the Philosophers (artist unknown, 1659 CE).
(via Azoth Alchemy)
Opening page from The Political Balance of the Works of Traiano Boccalini—published by Giovanni Hermano Widerhold (unknown artist/designer, 1678 CE).
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Cover to Gabriel Naudé’s Advice on Establishing a Library—University of California Edition (unknown artist/designer, 1950).
(via Amazon)
Frontispiece to Tommaso Campanella’s The City of the Sun (engraving/design by unknown, 1602).
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Random designs/sketches and specific designs/sketches of the Salomon de Caus-designed Hortus Palatinus at Heidelberg Castle and frontispiece from de Caus’ Hortus Palatinus (Salomon de Caus, early 17th century).
Cover to Jean D'Espagnet’s The Hermetic Arcanum—first published in 1623 (artist/designer unknown, 21st century).
(via Abe Books)
Engraving from Turba philosophorum—as printed in Artis Auriferae (artist unknown, 1610).
(via Sotheby’s)
Engraving of Johannes Valentinus Andreae (Melchior Küsel, mid 17th century).
(via Wikimedia Commons)
Illustrations from Francesco Maria Guazzo’s Compendium Maleficarum (Francesco Maria Guazzo, 1608).
Engraving of Johann Weyer (after a 1576 Basel engraving) from Johann Weyer’s Ioannis Wieri Opera [...] Omnia 2nd Edition (Pieter Holsteyn II, 1660 CE).
(via Wikipedia)
Frontispiece to Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy—1628 edition (originally published 1621) (Christian Le Blon, 1621 CE).
Diana and Actaeon (Giuseppe Cesari, 1606 CE).
(via Achilles to Zephyr)
Frontispiece to Samuel Harsnett’s A Declaration of egregious Popish Impostures—2nd edition (published/printed by James Roberts, designer unknown, 1605 CE).
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Map of the Moon (Thomas Harriot, early 17th century CE).
(via Linda Hall)