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Pages and frontispieces of various works by Pedro Nunes—including Treaty about the Sphere with Theory of the Sun and the Moon: Commentary on Georg Purbach’s Theoricae novae planetarum and Ptolemy’s Geography, About the Errors of Orontii Finei, and Petri Nonii Salaciensis Opera / About the Twilight (unknown illuminators/artists/designers, 1537-1547 CE).

(via Wikipedia & Pinterest)

Woodcut illustrations from Gregor Reisch’s Margarita Philosophica (artist unknown, 1503).

(via Gary S. Stoudt, Ptolemy, & Wikipedia)

Geometric construction from Claudius Ptolemy’s Almagest—originally published in 2nd century CE (translation by Gerard of Cremona, 15th century).

(via The Warburg Institute: Iconographic Database)