Volume One.

ON THE HISTORY

OF THE MACROCOSM

Divided into two TREATISES.

Of which {
    The First concerns the {
        Metaphysical aspects of the Macrocosm Macrocosm: From the Greek for "Great World," referring to the entire universe as a living whole.
            & the origin of its creatures.
        Physical aspects of the Macrocosm in its
            progress through generation & corruption. original: "generatione & corruptione." In Renaissance science, this refers to the natural cycle of things being born/created and eventually decaying/breaking down.


    { The Second concerns the Art of Nature’s original: "Arte Naturae simia." Robert Fludd famously described Human Art—meaning technology, craft, and science—as the "Ape of Nature" because it attempts to imitate and mirror the creative processes of the natural world.
    { ape, produced within the Macrocosm, { Arithmetic.
    { nourished & multiplied therein, { Music.
    { whose principal daughters we { Geometry.
    { have reviewed here by means of { Perspective. Refers to optics and the science of sight.
    { a living anatomy, namely: { The Art of Painting.
    {     { The Military Art.
    {     { The Science of Motion.
    {     { The Science of Time.
    {     { Cosmography. The mapping of the general features of the universe and earth.
    {     { Astrology.
    {     { Geomancy. A method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil/rocks.