Sacred and Truly Christian Philosophy, or Cosmic Meteorology

The top-left panel depicts a city on fire as violent winds blow from a cloud, illustrating the destructive potential of the elements.
In the top-middle panel, people are shown fleeing a disaster, such as an earthquake or a severe storm, highlighting the human impact of meteorological events.
The top-right panel shows a ship caught in a violent storm at sea, a common symbol for the unpredictability of the natural world.

original: "DE FLUCTIBUS." Robert Fludd (1574–1637) was a famous English physician and mystical philosopher. He often Latinized his surname as "de Fluctibus," meaning "of the floods" or "of the waves."

A circular printer’s mark or emblem is in the center, though it is partially covered by a library stamp from the French Revolutionary era that reads "Bibliothèque du Tribunat" (Library of the Tribunate).

The De Bry family were renowned engravers and publishers in Frankfurt, famous for their detailed copperplate illustrations.

The middle-left panel features an archangel with a sun-face on his chest, holding a cross-staff and standing triumphantly over a dragon. This represents divine order and the light of God ruling over the chaotic forces of the world.
The middle-right panel shows two observers looking at falling meteors and monstrous animals appearing in the sky, reflecting the 17th-century belief that "meteors" included any atmospheric phenomenon or omen.

original: "SEPTENTRIO"
Aquilo The North-Northeast wind
Boreas The North wind

originals: "ORIENS" and "OCCIDENS"
Subsolanus The East wind | Favonius The West wind

original: "MERIDIES"
Eurus The Southeast wind
Auster The South wind
Corus The Northwest wind
Africus The Southwest wind

The bottom-left panel shows buildings collapsing due to the force of strong winds.
The bottom-right panel depicts a rural landscape where trees are being uprooted or heavily bent by a gale.

C.n

From Paris illegible?

1940

These handwritten notes at the bottom were likely added by modern librarians or book collectors to track the volume's history.