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Illustrations from the Hermetica collection.
A circular alchemical emblem depicting a sun, a jug pouring liquid into a vessel, a phoenix feeding its young with its own blood, and a husbandman sowing seeds in a field.
Alchemical Writings (Stone of Philosophers)
An allegorical illustration depicting a large female figure, personifying Mother Earth or Nature, with a globe as her torso from which infants emerge. She is flanked by a goat suckling two infants on the left and a dog-like animal (possibly a wolf) suckling two infants on the right. The scene is set in a landscape with hills and distant buildings, and the illustration is hand-colored.
Atalanta Fleeing
A complex allegorical landscape engraving featuring the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus inscribed on a rock face.
Amphitheatre of Eternal Wisdom (1609)
A muscular, nude male figure, possibly an elemental spirit or a personification of wind, with his hair and outstretched arms transforming into swirling clouds. He stands in a landscape with a body of water and distant architecture.
An emblem depicting a man fishing coral from a river, with a city in the background and a face in the clouds.
A complex cosmological engraving featuring interlocking circles, rays of light, a personified sun, and human figures at the base, illustrating Robert Fludd's Mosaic Philosophy.
Mosaic Philosophy
Saturn vomiting a stone, set within a landscape with a small building and distant city.
The Seventh Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, featuring a central circular diagram with a triangle and square, flanked by a figure holding scales and a sword.
The Hermetic Museum
A complex circular diagram titled 'MVNDVS ELEMENTARIS' (The Elemental World) representing the macrocosm and microcosm, featuring concentric rings of alchemical, astrological, and philosophical correspondences.
Alchemical emblem from the Third Treatise of Splendor Solis, featuring two royal figures representing the Sun and Moon, or the alchemical King and Queen, standing beneath two celestial suns.
The Splendour of the Sun
Alchemical emblem featuring a peacock inside a crowned glass flask (hermetic vessel), set within a classical architectural frame. The surrounding landscape depicts Venus in a chariot above, and scenes of courtly love, music, and feasting below.
The 'Atrium Apollinis' (Atrium of Apollo) diagram, a complex geometric woodcut featuring overlapping circles, a central hexagram, and celestial symbols.
On the Threefold Minimum and Measure
A solid black engraved rectangle representing the primeval void, framed with the Latin phrase 'Et sic in infinitum'.
Utriusque Cosmi Historia - Tomus Primus (De Macrocosmi)
A detailed technical engraving of a water-powered clock or musical automaton featuring a carillon of bells and a numbered hexagonal tower.
The History of the Two Worlds
The Second Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem depicting a winged Mercury figure standing between two fencers.
A complex alchemical engraving known as 'Figura IV' from the Musaeum Hermeticum, illustrating the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus.
The 'Arma Artis' (Arms of the Art) emblem featuring a sun with a human face above a crowned crescent moon and a shield, set within an architectural space with two figures in the background.
An alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series featuring a central tree with seven stars, flanked by two figures and surrounded by seven circular medallions depicting symbolic animals and scenes.
Scientific engraving of a pneumatic apparatus involving a large sphere and a smaller vessel connected by a curved tube.
History of the Macrocosm and Microcosm
Alchemical emblem depicting a deer and a unicorn in a forest.
The Hermetic Museum (Vol. 1)
A complex allegorical landscape engraving depicting the 'Gymnasium Theo-magicum', showing mountains, a river, and various figures engaged in spiritual and alchemical pursuits under divine light.
A complex allegorical emblem depicting the entrance to a cave or portal of wisdom, titled 'The Gate of Amphitheatrum'. Seven rays of text (divine laws) emanate from the opening. On the right, a landscape with a town, figures, and birds. In the foreground, a figure enters the long perspective of a hall. The scene is rich with hermetic and alchemical symbolism.
Allegorical engraving of the 'Porta Amphitheatri' (Gate of the Amphitheater), showing a rocky landscape with a cave entrance, figures, and numerous Latin inscriptions.
A complex cosmological engraving titled 'Integrae Naturae speculum, Artisque imago' depicting the Great Chain of Being and the hierarchy of the universe.
Portrait of Michael Maier, the author, at age 49, holding a book and standing before a draped background with his coat of arms.
Symbols of the Golden Table of the Twelve Nations
Elaborate architectural frontispiece for the Musaeum Hermeticum featuring alchemical personifications and mythological figures.
Architectural title page for John Dee's 'Monas Hieroglyphica' featuring the central Monas symbol.
The Hieroglyphic Monad (1564 Antwerp)
Complex alchemical-theological allegory featuring a multi-armed eagle-human hybrid, crowns, and biblical figures.
Book of the Holy Trinity
Frontispiece of Robert Fludd's 'Utriusque Cosmi Historia' featuring a cosmological diagram of the Macrocosm and Microcosm.
Title page of John Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica featuring a central alchemical emblem within an architectural frame.
The Hieroglyphic Monad
The iconic depiction of Baphomet, the Sabbatic Goat, by Eliphas Levi.
Transcendental Magic, Volume 2: Ritual
A complex architectural allegory of music and mathematics, featuring organ pipes, musical notation, mathematical tables, and various figures.
Complex alchemical allegory featuring a central vessel with a figure, a peacock-drawn chariot, and various surrounding scenes of coronation and study.
Splendor of the Sun
Portrait of Pierio Valeriano in an allegorical frame
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
A woodcut illustration of the multi-breasted statue of Isis (or Cybele), featuring a turreted crown and various symbolic animals.
Egyptian Oedipus, Volume 1
Alchemical and astrological diagram featuring a central sun with the text 'MIRABILITAS Naturae', surrounded by planetary symbols, the four elements, and the zodiac signs.
A woodcut illustration of the idol Moloch, depicted as a bull-headed figure with outstretched arms and internal furnace compartments, situated in the Valley of Hinnom.
Alchemical allegory from Splendor Solis showing two scholars and a man on a ladder reaching into a tree of birds.
Golden Treasure Chamber
Mirrored show-through of an engraved alchemical frontispiece. It depicts an angel with a trumpet standing on a ladder (Jacob's ladder) that connects the terrestrial landscape to the clouds of heaven. The entire scene is framed by a large oval wreath of botanical elements, featuring a rose at the bottom left and a pomegranate-like fruit at the bottom right.
Mutus Liber (The Silent Book)
The fifteenth figure from the Lambspring tract, depicting a winged central figure (the Spirit) uniting a King (the Father) and his Son.
An alchemical emblem from the Musaeum Hermeticum illustrating the Hermetic principle 'As above, so below.' It features three seated figures holding geometric symbols (triangle, hexagram) above a cave containing seven figures, likely representing the planetary metals or stages of the Great Work, gathered around a central well.
Alchemical emblem featuring a stag and a unicorn in a wooded landscape, representing the union of soul and spirit.
Engraved title illustration for the 'Tripus Aureus' (Golden Tripod), depicting an alchemical laboratory with three figures and a laborer.
A woodcut illustration of a male figure standing on a cube within a circle, holding pentagrams, from Agrippa's 'De Occulta Philosophia'.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
The 'Atrium Veneris' (Atrium of Venus) diagram, a complex geometric woodcut featuring nested polygons, circles, and lettered vertices within a dark square frame.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem featuring a crowned figure standing on the sun and moon.
Sammlung Alchymistischer Schriften (German MS 3)
A complex cosmological diagram of the Microcosm, depicting a human figure integrated with celestial spheres and musical intervals.
History of the Microcosm, Volume II
The 'Azoth of the Philosophers' emblem, a complex alchemical diagram featuring a seven-pointed star superimposed over a human figure, surrounded by planetary and elemental symbols.
Alchemical emblem depicting the union of the Sun (King) and Moon (Queen).
The Golden Fleece
An intricate alchemical emblem featuring a central tree with seven stars, surrounded by seven circular medallions depicting various animals and birds. Two figures stand at the base of the tree, flanked by allegorical scenes involving a lion and a crescent moon.
Alchemical emblem from the 'Second Key' of Basil Valentine, featuring a central winged figure of Mercury flanked by two men and celestial symbols.
Portrait of Friedrich Roth-Scholtz in a library
German Chemical Theater, Vol. I
Engraved portrait of Elias Ashmole, depicted as a bust within an arched niche, positioned above a symbolic architectural structure bearing his name.
The Way to Bliss in Three Books
Alchemical emblem featuring a winged figure, likely Mercury, standing on a globe containing a complex diagram of alchemical principles.
A complex alchemical engraving divided into three horizontal registers. The top register features the Sun and Moon with faces in the corners, emitting rays or dew over a landscape with a church and fortified buildings. The middle register depicts a ram (Aries) and a bull (Taurus) in a field containing seven basins for collecting dew. The bottom register is split into two scenes: on the left, a man and woman pour liquid through a funnel; on the right, a woman and the winged-footed Mercury hold a vessel together.
An alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis depicting a man with a sword holding a severed head next to a dismembered body.
A two-headed, winged figure known as the Rebis standing in a landscape, holding a circular shield and an egg.
A complex allegorical engraving titled 'Delubrum Samaritanum' (Samaritan Shrine), featuring a multi-tiered architectural structure populated with various symbolic animals and hybrid figures.
An alchemical emblem depicting three boys playing in a landscape, representing the 'Children's Play' (Ludus Puerorum).
Frontispiece depicting Oedipus confronting the Sphinx, with allegorical figures of Experience and Reason above.
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting a scene of resurrection and putrefaction.
An alchemical emblem featuring a two-headed, winged figure (Rebis) in a landscape, surrounded by a floral border.
Complex alchemical allegory featuring a bird in a glass vessel, a peacock chariot, and various human figures in ceremonial and scholarly settings.
Octava Figura: Two large birds, representing Body and Spirit, engaged in a struggle within a wooded landscape.
Engraved frontispiece title page featuring twelve portrait medallions of alchemical authorities from different nations surrounding the central title text.
Alchemical emblem from the Lambspring series showing a wolf and a dog fighting in a landscape.
Alchemical emblem titled 'Undecima Figura' (Eleventh Figure) from the Lambspring series, showing three figures holding hands: an elderly king (Father), a younger crowned man (Son), and a winged guide (Spirit).
The 'Clavis Transmutationum' (Key of Transmutations) diagram, a complex mnemonic and geometric woodcut featuring a key-like structure composed of a circle, a long shaft, and a rectangular head with internal geometric divisions.
The Ninth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting three human figures intertwined above a circle containing three serpents biting their tails.
A hand-colored alchemical emblem of a two-headed winged figure.
The Sabbatic Goat, or Baphomet of Mendes, a winged, goat-headed figure with human features, sitting cross-legged on a globe.
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual
An alchemical emblem showing a king enthroned upon a dragon or sea monster within a classical portico, overlooking a detailed cityscape with a bridge and towers.
A complex allegorical engraving depicting the 'Fortress of Health' (Munimentum Sanitatis) with a central human figure protected by angels from surrounding demons.
Integrum Morborum Mysterium (Medical Mysteries)
An allegorical engraving depicting the measurement of the pulse and the animation of life through the spirit.
Title page frontispiece featuring an architectural arch with allegorical figures including putti, a soldier in armor, and a wild man.
Alchemiae Gebri cum Lull et Bacon
An alchemical woodcut depicting an Atlas-like figure supporting a celestial sphere, surrounded by a banner with the VITRIOL acronym.
The Twelve Keys of Philosophy
An alchemical emblem depicting Saturn as a peg-legged man watering a garden of trees bearing sun and moon faces, while a noble figure watches.
A complex, hand-colored alchemical and cabalistic diagram featuring a celestial hierarchy and planetary symbols.
Mago-Cabalistic and Theological Work
Hand-colored alchemical emblem featuring Sol and Luna in an embrace, a large black bird, and various hermetic symbols.
The Third Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an alchemical king or prince holding a scepter and a globe with a dove, standing in a landscape under a radiant sun and star.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring the V.I.T.R.I.O.L. acronym and various symbolic elements within a circular frame.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring a seven-pointed star within a circle, rich with symbolic imagery and Latin text.
Complex woodcut depicting Egyptian-style deities and symbols on a celestial boat.
The Egyptian Oedipus, Volume II
Frontispiece engraving depicting a celestial sphere with bands covered in eyes, under a banner reading 'AURORA' with radiating light.
Aurora, or Day-Spring: The Root of Philosophy, Astrology, and Theology
An allegorical emblem showing three figures—an old king, a younger king, and a winged guide—holding hands in a landscape.
Allegorical scene showing three scholars observing a laborer at an alchemical furnace.
Alchemical emblem showing the Father and Son joined in one, seated with a winged figure under a canopy.
Alchemical emblem featuring a crowned king kneeling before a celestial star, a globe with three crowns, and a lighthouse-like tower.
The Mirror of Truth
An oval engraving depicting four mythological figures surrounded by a zodiac wheel.
Alchemical woodcut depicting the conjunction of Sol and Luna within a glass vessel.
The Tenth Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem featuring a triangle inscribed with Latin text and Hebrew characters surrounding a central circular motif.
Basil Valentine: Last Will & Testament (1671)
A complex alchemical emblem illustrating the principle of 'as above, so below' with celestial and terrestrial symbols.
Alchemical emblem depicting a king devouring his son, with an angelic figure looking on.
Circular astrological diagram for the zodiac sign Virgo, featuring a central winged figure surrounded by concentric rings of symbolic figures and stars.
Lapidary of King Alfonso X
Large circular astrological diagram for the sign of Taurus.
A large circular diagram representing the Northern Hemisphere of the Zodiac according to Egyptian thought, featuring numerous mythological figures and symbols.
The Chariot of Hermes, the seventh key of the Tarot, depicting a crowned figure in a chariot drawn by two sphinxes.
The Seventh Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an alchemist tending a fire beneath a circular bath where a man is being rejuvenated, set within a classical architectural courtyard.
Alchemical emblem featuring three figures around a central furnace (athanor) from which a large tree grows. One figure holds a radiant sun, another holds a flask, and a third seated figure tends to the base of the furnace.
A large, dark rectangular engraving depicting a cosmological scene of creation. At the top, a radiant cloud contains the word 'FIAT'. From this, a beam of light descends into a dark circular space. To the left, a dove representing the Holy Spirit is surrounded by a radiant halo.
Alchemical drawing of two female figures representing Sol and Luna flanking a central vessel containing a small figure.
The Rosary of the Philosophers
An alchemist holding a glass flask (cucurbit) containing a dark liquid, standing in a landscape with a scroll above him.
An alchemical emblem featuring a personified sun with a human face rising over a landscape with a winding river and barren trees.
Complex alchemical emblem featuring a laboratory scene with a king, an alchemist, and various symbolic figures and vessels.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a crowned glass flask containing a child riding a dragon, surrounded by scenes of daily life and a celestial chariot.
The Fourth Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting an Ethiopian man emerging from a swamp being greeted by a winged queenly figure.
Plate XVII from Splendor Solis, depicting the alchemical stage of the White Queen within a hermetic flask, set against a backdrop of scholarly and musical activity under the influence of Mercury.
Woodcut depicting the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child while three kings offer gifts.
Mystical Rosary of the Faithful Soul
Woodcut depicting the Crowning with Thorns, showing Jesus seated while several men use poles to press a crown of thorns onto his head.
Portrait of Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, in an oval frame.
Historical Memoirs on the Templars
Woodcut of Christ in the Mystic Winepress with angels collecting his blood.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a three-headed dragon within a crowned glass flask, set against a background of Mars in a chariot and scenes of combat and wrestling.
An alchemical engraving depicting a crowned figure inside a glass vessel.
Alchemical allegory showing a bearded man in a cauldron heated by fire, with an attendant using bellows.
A crowned knight in armor standing in a double-basin fountain, holding a sword and shield.
A circular woodcut portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, framed by a Latin inscription.
The Complete Works of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Woodcut of Mithras slaying the bull (tauroctony) with symbolic animals and astrological labels.
Alchemical woodcut featuring a winged serpent entwined around two personified celestial faces.
Woodcut illustration of the mythological giant Typhon with serpent legs and snake-headed hands, accompanied by allegorical text and diagrams.
A complex alchemical emblem featuring a central bearded face within a seven-pointed star, surrounded by symbolic figures and the Latin motto for VITRIOL.
A large framed engraving depicting a multi-headed and multi-armed deity, identified as a Japanese divinity, with inset comparisons to Janus and Briareus.
Allegorical frontispiece featuring Mercury, Harpocrates, and personifications of Wisdom and Time.
Obeliscus Pamphilius
Portrait of Pope Innocent X within an oval wreath and architectural frame
An alchemical engraving from Michael Maier's 'Subtilis Allegoria', showing a scholar observing a one-legged man watering a garden of trees bearing suns and moons.
A complex alchemical and cosmological diagram titled 'Mundus Archetypus' and 'Mundus Intelligentiarum', featuring the Holy Trinity at the center surrounded by the nine celestial hierarchies of angels.
The Twelfth Key of Basilius Valentinus, an alchemical engraving showing an adept in a laboratory with a lion devouring a serpent.
Alchemical emblem titled 'Duodecima Figura' (Twelfth Figure) from the Lambspring series, depicting two figures standing atop a mountain peak.
Anatomical woodcut of a human figure showing the venous system.
Amphitheatre of Anatomy
A male figure with arms and legs outstretched, inscribed within a square and a circle, surrounded by twelve astrological zodiac symbols.
A woodcut illustration of a male figure inscribed within a circle, representing the human body as a microcosm with astrological symbols at the extremities.
An alchemical emblem depicting a hooded philosopher (Democritus) pointing toward a nude female figure representing Nature, who holds a flaming heart. In the background, a man works with a hammer and anvil near a coastal landscape.
An alchemical emblem depicting a man in noble attire gesturing toward a seated couple who are holding a small child between them, set against an architectural background with arches and a distant landscape.
The Fourth Key of Basil Valentine: A skeleton standing atop a draped tomb or altar in a landscape.
The First Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical engraving depicting a King and Queen, a wolf jumping over a crucible, and Saturn as an old man with a scythe.
Alchemical emblem depicting a king devouring his son, with a winged figure observing from a balcony.
Alchemical emblem depicting the philosopher Avicenna pointing toward an eagle in flight chained to a toad on the ground.
A complex mnemonic and cosmological diagram titled 'UNIO', featuring intersecting circles, a triangle, and a square frame with stars at the corners.
Geometric diagram titled 'Atrium Minervae' featuring a square containing intersecting circles and lines forming a complex lattice, labeled with various letters.
A complex alchemical and cosmological diagram representing the hierarchy of the universe, from the Divine Archetype to the elemental world and chaos.
An alchemical emblem featuring a three-headed crowned eagle inside a glass vessel topped with flames.
Alchemical emblem showing three birds (black, red, and white) inside a crowned glass vessel.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem featuring a winged, crowned female figure and a red-skinned male figure.
Circular alchemical emblem featuring a two-headed figure (Rebis) standing on a dragon and a globe.
A complex circular emblem featuring a central tree and four distinct scenes with figures within a geometric framework.
The Latin Works of Giordano Bruno
The Hieroglyphic Monad symbol within an ornate frame, surrounded by elemental and celestial references.
Alchemical emblem showing a king sweating in a four-poster bed, representing the extraction of the 'true tincture'.
The Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, depicting an alchemist in a laboratory with symbolic elements.
A complex cosmological diagram featuring a central globe surrounded by concentric rings of clouds, wind deities, and four archangels at the cardinal points.
Anatomical engraving of a flayed male figure holding his own skin and a dagger.
A complex cosmological and philosophical diagram illustrating the principles of light and darkness, sympathy and antipathy.
A tripartite alchemical emblem from the 'Mutus Liber'. The upper register depicts the Sun (Sol) and Moon (Luna) with human countenances appearing in the clouds, with rays of divine or celestial influence descending. The middle register shows a landscape with rows of shallow bowls or cloths placed on the ground to collect dew, a symbolic source of universal spirit in alchemy. The lower register features four figures—a man and three women in 17th-century dress—exchanging or filling jugs with the collected substance.
The Seventh Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem featuring a figure holding a sword and scales behind a circular diagram labeled 'CHAOS'.
Alchemical emblem depicting Maria Prophetissa (Mary the Jewess) gesturing toward a symbolic apparatus on a hill.
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine, an allegorical scene depicting sowing, death, and resurrection.
An alchemical emblem depicting the marriage of Gabricus and Beya, overseen by a figure representing Arnold of Villanova.
Alchemical emblem of Hermes Trismegistus standing beside the Sun and Moon.
An alchemical emblem featuring a king and two attendants on a shore, watching a nude figure in the water. In the background, a dark rock is topped with a red cross and stars.
An alchemical emblem featuring a dragon in a vessel, human heads, and a symbolic crown.
An alchemical landscape featuring a rising sun with a human face appearing over a dark, misty horizon, symbolizing the 'Sol Niger' or the dawn of the Great Work.
The Sixth Parable from Splendor Solis, depicting a man with a sword holding a severed head over a dismembered body.
An alchemical emblem depicting a bearded philosopher in robes pointing toward a man treading on a dunghill, with a figure falling from a tower in the background.
Plate XVIII from Splendor Solis, featuring an alchemical flask containing a crowned figure standing on a crescent moon, set within an architectural frame and surrounded by a landscape of human activity and the celestial chariot of Luna.
Portrait of Paracelsus (Theophrastus von Hohenheim) at age 45
The Book of Meteors; Fourth Book of Paramirum on the Matrix
Two large birds, representing Body and Spirit, devouring each other in a wooded landscape.
An alchemical emblem depicting a knight in armor confronting a winged dragon in a forest landscape.
Frontispiece for The Book of Lambspring depicting a philosopher-king beside an alchemical furnace.
The Fourth Key of Basil Valentine, showing a skeleton standing on a tomb in a landscape.
The Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, an allegorical alchemical scene featuring two women riding lions.
An alchemical engraving depicting Thomas Aquinas standing beside a smoking mountain, representing the Italian nation in Maier's work.
A complex alchemical illustration featuring a two-headed winged figure (Rebis) surrounded by symbolic plants and dragons.
Hermes Trismegistus presenting a book to two figures, reproduction of the Siena Cathedral pavement mosaic.
The Hermetic Writings, Volume I: Texts and Translation
Complex alchemical allegory with birds emerging from flasks and figures in medieval dress.
Elaborate allegorical frontispiece for a Rosicrucian text, featuring architectural elements, personified virtues, and numerous alchemical symbols.
Mirror of the Wisdom of the Rosy Cross
A complex alchemical allegory featuring a two-headed figure (Rebis) with one green and one blue wing, standing atop a dragon-like creature.
A complex engraving of the 'monochordum mundanum' (celestial monochord), illustrating the harmony of the spheres.
Alchemical emblem featuring a central winged figure standing on a circular platform containing an ouroboros, flanked by two men.
The Monochord of the World (Monochordum Mundi) diagram showing the harmony of the spheres.
An intricate alchemical illustration featuring a central tree with various figures and symbols.
A solid black rectangular woodcut representing primeval darkness or the void.
Pal.lat.1329
Alchemical emblem featuring two figures engaged in symbolic labor, with a central celestial triangle and various numbered vessels and apparatus.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis featuring a three-headed bird inside a glass flask, set against a backdrop of a chaotic battle scene and a celestial chariot.
The Fifth Parable: An androgynous figure with two heads and wings, one black and one white, standing in a landscape holding a circular mirror and an egg.
Printer's mark of Aldus Manutius featuring an anchor and a dolphin.
Dialogues of Love
Engraved portrait of Gaston Jean-Baptiste, Marquis de Renty, in an oval frame with a biographical inscription below.
The Real Christian
Plate III from Splendor Solis, depicting a knight standing atop a double fountain, holding a sword and a shield with Latin inscriptions.
Woodcut illustration of the Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, shepherds, and angels.
A complex cosmological diagram titled 'Systema mundi iuxta mentem veterum AEgyptiorum' (System of the world according to the mind of the ancient Egyptians), featuring concentric celestial spheres, Egyptian deities, and symbolic figures.
The Coptic or Egyptian Forerunner
Woodcut of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon, surrounded by a rosary and being crowned by angels, with kneeling donors below.
Woodcut depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, featuring Peter cutting off Malchus's ear and Judas's kiss.
Woodcut illustration of the Nativity scene featuring the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus, Saint Joseph, and a shepherd in a ruined architectural setting.
Engraved portrait of David de Planis Campy within an architectural frame, featuring alchemical apparatus and a symbolic book.
The Morbific Hydra Exterminated by the Chemical Hercules
Intricate Masonic engraving for the Supreme Council 33rd degree, featuring a central chamber filled with symbolic objects.
Ripley reviv'd: or, an exposition upon sir George Ripley's hermetico-poetical works
Portrait of Fridericus Gualdus within an oval frame, with a Latin inscription below on a draped banner.
Communication of an Excellent Chemical Medicine
The First Key of Basil Valentine depicting a King and Queen, a wolf jumping over a crucible, and Saturn with a scythe.
The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged
A complex cosmological engraving depicting the Earth at the center of a celestial sphere, surrounded by personified winds and the four archangels.
History of the Two Worlds
A comprehensive plate of twenty-eight numbered Egyptian deities, amulets, and symbols, including figures of Bes, Serapis, and Harpocrates.
Egyptian Oedipus, Volume 3
Portrait of Robert Fludd with coat of arms and divine light rays.
A large black square representing the primordial void, with a central circular burst of light or energy radiating outwards.
Complex alchemical allegory featuring a central queen, two fountains (Sun and Moon) pouring liquids into baths with figures, and a philosopher figure below.
Woodcut depicting the Last Judgment with Christ seated on a rainbow, flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist.
Portrait of Basilius Valentinus, a Benedictine monk and alchemist, holding a flask, with a mining scene depicted below.
The Chemical Writings
The Monochordum Mundanum (Celestial Monochord) diagram showing the divine hand tuning the universe.
Plate XIII from Splendor Solis, featuring a peacock in a glass flask (cucurbit) set within an architectural frame, surrounded by scenes of daily life and a celestial chariot.
Perspective view of a star-shaped citadel fortification with a central building and surrounding landscape.
The Monochordum Mundanum (World Monochord) diagram illustrating the harmony of the spheres.
A complex fan-shaped cosmological diagram representing the 'Musica Mundana' or the harmony of the world, mapping the universe onto musical proportions.
A male figure with arms and legs outstretched, inscribed within a square and a circle, surrounded by astrological symbols.
Frontispiece for Robert Fludd's 'De Naturae Simia' featuring an architectural frame and a circular diagram of the arts and sciences.
Woodcut of a male figure inscribed within a circle and a pentagram, with astrological symbols at the points.
The opening section of the Ripley Scroll featuring Hermes Trismegistus holding an alchemical flask and a toad.
The Ripley Scroll
A complex, full-page engraving titled 'Catoptrum Meteorographicum', depicting a cosmological and meteorological system.
Sacred and Truly Christian Philosophy, or Cosmic Meteorology
An allegorical engraving depicting the divine creation, featuring a cloud labeled 'FIAT' from which rays of light emanate into a dark void, with a dove descending in a separate burst of light.
Woodcut illustration of a male figure standing on a cube within a circle, holding pentagrams.
A woodcut illustration of a male figure inscribed within a circle, with arms and legs outstretched, featuring astrological and alchemical symbols at the extremities and on the body.
Elaborate engraved frontispiece for Michael Maier's 'Arcana Arcanissima' featuring a pantheon of Egyptian and Greek mythological figures.
Arcana Arcanissima Hieroglyphica Aegyptio-Graeca
An alchemical emblem from the Ripley Scroll featuring a radiant sun, a crescent moon, and a Bird of Hermes (pelican) feeding its young with its own blood.
A large complex engraving featuring a circular astrological diagram and a meteorological scene with a sun, clouds, and geometric rays.
A complex cosmological diagram featuring a central globe surrounded by concentric rings of clouds, wind heads, archangels, and occult symbols.
The Alchemical Toad and the Seven Gates of the Great Work
The Sun (Sol) bleeding into a vessel containing three black spheres, held by a figure.
The Bird of Hermes and the Alchemical Fountain from the Ripley Scroll.
Elaborate allegorical frontispiece featuring Egyptian and Greek mythological figures and symbols framing the title text.
The Most Secret Secrets
The Bird of Hermes, a large bird with a crowned human head, perched on a swirling globe.
A complex circular alchemical emblem featuring dense Latin text and symbolic landscape elements.
A complex allegorical landscape representing the path to eternal wisdom, featuring mountains, alchemical laboratories, and a kneeling figure in prayer.
Portrait of Robert Fludd with coat of arms and divine light
A complex diagram of the 'Monochordum Mundi' (Celestial Monochord), illustrating the harmony of the spheres through musical intervals mapped onto the cosmos.
Right half of a circular engraving depicting an alchemist's oratory and laboratory.
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine, depicting the alchemical marriage of a King and Queen.
Portrait of Paracelsus (Philippus Theophrastus von Hohenheim) at age 47.
Portrait of Heinrich Khunrath at age 42, surrounded by symbols of his scholarship and profession.
Alchemical emblem for 'Aureum Seculum Redivivum' featuring a central triangle, cross, and circular inscriptions, flanked by four cherub heads.
A complex cosmological diagram illustrating the harmony between the divine, celestial, and terrestrial realms.
Alchemical engraving of the King and Queen from Splendor Solis
Engraved portrait of Robert Fludd
Alchemical emblem for the Fifth Key of Basil Valentine, featuring a crowned lion, a woman with a flowering plant, and a man with a bellows under a radiant sun.
Figure XII from The Book of Lambspring, depicting two figures atop a mountain under the sun and moon.
An alchemical emblem depicting a child and a dragon inside a hermetic flask.
A complex cosmological diagram illustrating the 'Harmonia Humana' (Human Harmony), linking the divine, the human intellect, the celestial spheres, and the earthly elements through musical intervals.
Anatomical engraving of a human skeleton showing the nervous or circulatory system, with alphanumeric labels.
Intricate engraved frontispiece featuring a border of mythological and alchemical scenes surrounding the title 'THE HERMETIC MUSEUM'.
A complex, multi-tiered engraving of an Egyptian obelisk face, divided into four horizontal registers featuring various deities and symbolic figures.
Complex allegorical engraving titled 'Typus Hieroglyphicus SOLIS' depicting the sun as Apollo surrounded by various mythological and alchemical symbols.
A woodcut illustration of Mithras slaying a bull, surrounded by various animals and symbolic labels.
Large woodcut depicting Ptolemy enthroned, flanked by figures representing Astronomy and Urania, surrounded by zodiac signs and stars.
The Book of Nativities and the Centiloquy of Hermes
A circular uroscopy chart (urine wheel) with a central physician figure.
Engraved frontispiece for Robert Fludd's 'Anatomiae Amphitheatrum' featuring a portrait and a complex circular diagram of the microcosm.
Alchemical emblem featuring a personified celestial body with a human face over a landscape.
The First Key of Basilius Valentinus, depicting a king and queen, a wolf jumping over a crucible, and a skeletal figure of Saturn/Death with a scythe.
A complex alchemical allegory featuring a central crowned figure within a glass vessel, surrounded by a landscape of daily activities and a celestial chariot above.
Plate 4 of the Mutus Liber: An alchemical scene depicting the collection of morning dew. At the top, the Sun (Sol) and Moon (Luna) appear with human faces amidst clouds, with rays (representing dew) descending. In the mid-ground, a landscape features sheep and rectangular frames holding sheets to catch the dew. In the foreground, an alchemist and his 'soror mystica' (mystical sister) wring out a dew-soaked cloth into a large basin.
Alchemical engraving from Splendor Solis depicting a king on a shore and a figure in the sea under a personified sun.
A detailed partial circular engraving of an alchemical laboratory. It shows architectural pillars labeled 'Experientia', a furnace area, various chemical vessels on shelves, and distillation equipment on the floor. The scene is filled with Latin mottos and technical terms.
Cosmological engraving depicting the divine creation of light from darkness.
A complex cosmological and anatomical diagram featuring a human figure inscribed within a circle, overlaid with arcs representing musical and mathematical proportions, topped by a radiant sunburst labeled 'DEVS'.
Woodcut illustration of a male figure inscribed within a pentagram and a circle, with planetary symbols at the vertices.
Nona Figura from the Lambspring series, depicting a King seated on a throne atop a dragon, overlooking a city.
A large, complex engraving depicting the creation of the macrocosm, featuring a dark central void surrounded by a radiant sun-like ring, with the word 'FIAT' in a cloud at the top and a dove representing the Holy Spirit on the left.
A complex alchemical emblem from the Ripley Scroll featuring the Sun (Sol) and Moon (Luna) flanking a central vessel or fountain where figures undergo transformation, topped by a flaming furnace.
A complex circular engraving from Robert Fludd's work on the Microcosm, depicting man at the center of various occult and scientific disciplines.
An esoteric diagram of a male figure inscribed within a circle, square, and pentagram, accompanied by planetary symbols.
La philosophie occulte (De occulta philosophia) Tome 1
Alchemical emblem depicting Roger Bacon as a monk holding a balance scale, with fire in one pan and water in the other, set against a landscape.
A woodcut illustration of a male figure inscribed within a square, representing human proportions and symbolic correspondences.
An alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series showing a winged dragon biting its own tail (Ouroboros) in a wooded landscape.
Alchemical allegory featuring a nude woman with a tree growing from her head, standing on a furnace-like structure.
The fourteenth figure from the Lambspring series, depicting a crowned king sweating in a four-poster bed.
Alchemical emblem from the 'Lambspring' series showing two fish swimming in opposite directions in a sea, with a sailing vessel and a coastal city in the background.
The Second Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical woodcut depicting a winged Mercury figure holding two caducei, flanked by the Sun and Moon, with two figures engaged in a duel or symbolic combat.
Frontispiece for Robert Fludd's 'Microcosmi historia', featuring a central human figure within a cosmological diagram.
An engraving of a king inside an alchemical vessel, from the Splendor Solis.
The 'Atrium Veneris' (Atrium of Venus) mnemonic diagram, featuring nested geometric shapes including circles, squares, and triangles with alphabetical notations.
Alchemical emblem from Splendor Solis showing a child and a dragon inside a crowned flask.
An alchemical engraving featuring an athanor furnace at the top and three registers of symbolic animals below.
Circular astrological diagram for the sign of Gemini, featuring central twins and concentric rings of figures and animals.
Circular astrological diagram for the zodiac sign of Leo.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem showing a man with a sword and fleece next to a dismembered body.
A three-headed bird inside a crowned alchemical vessel, representing the stages of the Great Work.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem depicting an armored figure standing in two fountains.
Woodcut illustration titled 'Turba Philosophorum' depicting a gathering of alchemists or philosophers with speech scrolls.
The Art of Gold-making
A complex alchemical frontispiece titled 'LA TOYSON D'OR' featuring a central circular emblem surrounded by allegorical figures, symbols, and alchemical vessels.
Hand-colored alchemical illustration showing a man in a heated bath with a bird on his head.
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine from the Musaeum Hermeticum, depicting a chemical wedding presided over by a bishop.
Alchemical emblem depicting a winged woman and a naked man.
Allegorical two-faced figure with wings, standing between two symbolic trees and atop a dragon.
An engraving illustrating the 'Ars Memoriae' (Art of Memory), featuring a profile of a human head with an internal 'Eye of Imagination' projecting towards various symbolic scenes.
Elaborate alchemical and theosophical title page engraving featuring pillars, a landscape, and divine symbols.
An alchemical emblem depicting a man and a woman in an embrace inside a large glass vessel, set within a landscape.
Detailed alchemical landscape featuring a large rock face inscribed with the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, with a group of figures observing it from below.
A complex Masonic emblem featuring a double-headed eagle, a crucifix with a rose, a skeleton, and various other symbolic elements within an architectural frame.
Incipit: From a certain manuscript of the Philosopher R.C.
A complex vertical engraving representing the 'Eastern Part' of an obelisk's inscriptions, divided into three symbolic registers.
A circular woodcut emblem depicting a four-armed figure representing the sun ('Solmisticus') holding symbols of the four elements.
Allegorical scene of women washing and bleaching laundry in a landscape, representing alchemical purification.
A complex hermetic illustration featuring a hawk-headed deity above a panel of symbolic figures and motifs.
A circular woodcut emblem depicting the Egyptian deity Horus as a child standing on a pedestal.
Allegorical alchemical emblem featuring a warrior with a sword standing on a fountain.
A complex symbolic engraving featuring three figures within a triangular frame, representing Egyptian cosmological concepts.
An allegorical engraving featuring a winged female figure and a smaller figure in a landscape, enclosed in a decorative border with animals and plants.
An allegorical engraving of Harpocrates, the god of silence, seated with symbolic animals and objects.
Allegorical scene of women washing and drying laundry in a landscape, representing alchemical purification.
Alchemical landscape with a personified sun rising over a walled city.
Allegorical depiction of the deity Serapis with symbolic attributes and explanatory text.
Allegorical scene of children playing (ludus puerorum) in an interior setting.
Woodcut illustration of the Japanese deity Amida seated on a lotus flower, compared to Harpocrates.
A complex allegorical or mythological scene within a decorative floral border, featuring figures and classical architecture.
Complex alchemical emblem featuring a crowned figure in a vessel, a celestial chariot, and a scholarly study.
Woodcut depicting the Holy Family in a carpenter's workshop.
Woodcut depicting the Flagellation of Christ.
Allegorical engraving of a black sun over a landscape within a decorative floral border.
An intricate allegorical engraving within a triangular frame, depicting a winged globe with a serpent at the apex and three figures below, labeled with letters A through K.
Christ washing the feet of his disciples, with the Last Supper visible in the background.
Engraving of a bearded man holding lilies and a staff, centered within a mystical clock-like arrangement of numbers.
Commentary on Genesis (Mysterium Magnum)
Woodcut depicting the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
An engraving of a nude male figure inscribed within a circle, illustrating philosophical and geometric proportions.
Woodcut depicting Christ before a seated official, likely Pontius Pilate or Caiaphas, during his Passion.
Woodcut depicting Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Jesus with her hair during a meal at the house of Simon the Pharisee.
An occult diagram of a male figure inscribed within a square and circle, surrounded by symbolic elements.
Woodcut illustration of Saturn with a scythe, a dragon, and zodiac medallions.
Latin Works of Giordano Bruno
Woodcut illustration of Mercury with symbolic attributes and medallions.
Woodcut of the Pietà enclosed within a rosary
An allegorical engraving depicting a wide variety of animals across three realms: air, water, and land.
The Philosophical Basilica (Basilica Philosophica)
Woodcut illustration of Jupiter with Ganymede and eagles, accompanied by astrological symbols.
Woodcut depicting the Wedding at Cana, showing Jesus, Mary, and guests at a table with water jars in the foreground.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem depicting a king and a figure in water under a personified sun.
Hand-colored woodcut emblem featuring a coat of arms with a sun face, a crowned helmet, and a larger sun face above, flanked by scrolls.
Woodcut depicting the Resurrection of Christ, showing him rising from the tomb while soldiers sleep below.
Woodcut depicting the young Jesus teaching the doctors in the Temple, with Mary and Joseph appearing in the background.
Profile portrait of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa within a rectangular frame.
Hand-colored alchemical emblem showing two scholars in discussion while a youth climbs a ladder to reach birds in a tree.
Woodcut depicting the Virgin and Child surrounded by a rosary, with clergy and knights kneeling in prayer below.
An engraving showing a physician examining a flask of urine at his desk while a young messenger stands in the doorway.
A physician or scholar seated at a desk, gesturing towards a celestial globe and an astrological diagram, while a young boy stands before him holding a basket.
An engraving depicting two figures conducting a scientific or alchemical experiment involving heat and moisture on a raised platform.
An engraving of a sickroom scene with a physician and attendants around a patient's bed.
Anatomical engraving of a male torso with the chest cavity opened to show the mediastinum and lungs.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, surrounded by followers and people laying garments in his path.
Two anatomical diagrams of the human brain dissection within human heads, labeled Fig. VII and Fig. VIII.
Complex cosmological and alchemical engraving featuring circular diagrams of light and shadow, with allegorical scenes of Dionysius and Apollo at the base.
Woodcut emblem featuring a knight on horseback with a motto banner.
Woodcut depicting two men engaged in an alchemical process, one lifting a large conical vessel over a base.
Engraving of Geoffrey Chaucer's tomb in Westminster Abbey, featuring a portrait of the poet and a Latin inscription.
Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
Woodcut depicting the Creation of Eve from Adam's rib, with God the Father as a crowned figure.
Anatomical engraving of the human nervous system and spinal column.
Circular woodcut emblem depicting an enthroned figure surrounded by kneeling figures.
Circular alchemical emblem depicting three figures and planetary symbols.
A crowned Melusine or double-tailed mermaid rising from the water.
The Ninth Key of Basil Valentine, an alchemical emblem featuring symbolic figures and intertwined serpents.
Circular woodcut emblem showing a crowd of figures with sun and moon symbols above.
Alchemical emblem showing a winged dragon biting its tail in a forest setting.
An alchemical emblem depicting two lions in a wooded landscape, representing the union of spirit and soul.
An allegorical figure representing the Trinity or an alchemical principle, crowned and holding an orb and a flowering branch, standing between two large wings on a symbolic base.
Alchemical emblem showing a man tending a fire containing a salamander.
Woodcut of a male figure inscribed in a circle, holding pentagrams, representing the microcosm.
The First Key of Basil Valentine, depicting a king, queen, Saturn, and a wolf.
The Seventh Key from Basil Valentine's 'The Twelve Keys,' an alchemical emblem featuring a central circular diagram with a triangle labeled 'AQVA' (water) surrounded by the four seasons.
An allegorical engraving for the Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, featuring two women riding lions and holding hearts with celestial symbols.
Woodcut of the Annunciation showing the Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel
Alchemical allegory featuring a crowned mermaid, a nude woman, and a bearded man standing by a furnace with three green retorts.
Woodcut illustration of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist.
Engraved plate (Tab. V) from Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus depicting Egyptian mummies, an embalming scene, and a canopic jar.
Circular astrological diagram for the zodiac sign Pisces
Circular emblem depicting a person with a stag and a bird under a star.
Circular astrological diagram for the sign of Scorpio, featuring a central scorpion and concentric rings of angels and other figures.
Woodcut depicting the Coronation of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Trinity.
An alchemical laboratory scene featuring a practitioner at a workbench with various vessels, set against a landscape with a bridge and buildings.
Alchemical emblem featuring a central tree with a serpent coiled around the trunk, flanked by three figures: a soldier, a crowned king, and a man holding an alchemical symbol.
Alchemical emblem featuring a celestial wheel of colors and planetary symbols, an armored knight, and a seated philosopher by an athanor.
Alchemical emblem featuring two figures flanking a central furnace and distillation apparatus, with various symbols including Mercury and sulfur.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion showing Longinus piercing Christ's side.
Alchemical emblem from Speculum Veritatis showing a laboratory scene with three globes on a furnace, a figure holding a caduceus, and a smith at an anvil.
Alchemical emblem featuring a knight in armor holding a globus cruciger and a floral branch, flanked by two figures in robes, with a celestial donkey and a fallen figure in the background.
Alchemical vessel containing a human figure with a bird emerging from the top, surrounded by scrolls.
Alchemical emblem of a lion devouring the sun
Allegorical engraving of Apollo and the Muses in a landscape.
Detailed engraving of a star-shaped fortress under siege with cannons and troops.
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple
Woodcut depicting Christ's Descent into Limbo (Harrowing of Hell), showing Christ rescuing souls from the mouth of a monster.
Woodcut depicting the Ascension of Christ with the Virgin Mary and Apostles below.
A complex esoteric emblem featuring a hexagram and triangle with human and animal faces.
Isis Unveiled Vol. I - Science
Jesus Christ carrying the cross, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers near a city gate.
Circular emblem depicting the Egyptian deity Horus with symbolic attributes.
Woodcut depicting the Coronation of the Virgin or a mystical union with the Holy Trinity.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Christ with the two thieves, the Virgin Mary, and Saint John.
Woodcut depicting Christ being stripped of his garments by soldiers, with the Virgin Mary and other figures in the background.
Woodcut depicting the Entombment of Christ.
Portrait of Karl von Eckartshausen in profile, set within an oval frame surrounded by foliage and a quote from Rousseau.
On Religion, Freethinking, and Enlightenment
A triangular engraving titled 'Mathematica Hieroglyph' depicting three figures in Egyptian-style dress under a canopy, surrounded by symbolic letters and icons.
Frontispiece engraving showing four angels descending from clouds towards Earth, with the Eye of Providence in the upper left.
Probaseology
Engraved portrait of Dr. John Everard, the author, holding a book.
The Gospel-treasury opened
Engraved portrait of John Pordage (Johann Pordædsche) within an oval frame atop a pedestal.
Divine and True Metaphysics
Woodcut depicting the Agony in the Garden, with Jesus praying while his disciples sleep.
Woodcut depicting the Marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph, presided over by a high priest in an architectural setting.
Engraving of the Ascension of Christ
Christ the Greatest Hero in Battle
Woodcut illustration of a resurrected figure rising from a tomb, representing alchemical rebirth.
Woodcut depicting a Christ-like figure rising from a tomb, symbolizing alchemical resurrection.
A seven-tiered stepped pedestal topped with a figure of Saturn holding a scythe and a child.
Engraving of a robed figure looking up towards a light in the clouds.
God is the Purest Love
Engraving illustrating optical perspective with a man, a large bust on a table, and a city view.
Detailed engraving of a military formation with various units labeled A through I, showing infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
Detailed engraving of an imperial army on the march, showing cavalry, infantry, artillery, and supply wagons in a landscape.
A complex cosmological and meteorological diagram showing divine influence on earthly phenomena, featuring the Tetragrammaton, an angel, and various celestial and atmospheric events.
A detailed engraving showing various formations of a Spanish army, including infantry with pikes and cavalry, moving across a landscape.
Complex alchemical emblem featuring a central double-headed eagle and dragon surrounded by personified celestial bodies and planetary spheres.
A complex circular cosmological diagram titled 'Hochma seu Sapientia' (Wisdom), depicting the divine creation of the universe.
A large military formation of infantry and cavalry arranged in a crescent shape.
A complex circular diagram of the ancient Egyptian zodiac, featuring twelve signs with associated deities and symbols, centered on a winged sun disk.
Woodcut illustration of a male figure inscribed within a square, representing human proportions and occult symbolism.
Woodcut diagram of a male figure inscribed within a square and a circle, illustrating human proportions and their relation to sacred geometry and occult philosophy.
A radiant sun with a human face, positioned above a crowned figure and a bird-like creature.
A complex circular allegorical engraving representing divine wisdom as the source of all creation, surrounded by a border of billowing clouds.
A circular astrological diagram featuring a central human figure, known as the 'Zodiac Man', surrounded by the twelve signs of the zodiac.
A hand-colored illustration depicting a green-scaled dragon forming an ouroboros, biting its own tail, in a landscape with classical ruins, a river, and trees. The scene is set under a motto 'EMBLEMA XIV. De secretis Natura. Hic est Draco caudam suam devorans.' (Emblem 14. Of the secrets of Nature. Here is the Dragon devouring its own tail).
Circular woodcut depicting an alchemical allegory with a king on a throne, kneeling figures, a field of barley, and an old man at a furnace.
Allegorical alchemical scene from the Splendor Solis series showing miners on a rocky hill.
Circular alchemical emblem depicting Mercury, the Moon, and Sulphur as personified figures.
A circular alchemical emblem depicting a lion biting the sun, an old man holding a vessel, and other figures in a landscape.
Alchemical emblem of the 'sphere of Heaven' featuring a three-headed deity representing the Trinity.
Alchemical woodcut depicting a male and female figure inside a glass vessel from which three flowers grow.
A circular emblem within the larger diagram, featuring an ouroboros encircling a central square with sun and moon symbols, flanked by four seated figures.
Alchemical emblem featuring a central glass vessel with a flowering plant, flanked by a King and Queen.
An alchemist or philosopher holding a glass flask and a large, blank scroll, set against a landscape background.
A three-headed crowned bird inside a crowned alchemical flask over a fire.
Alchemical emblem depicting a naked male figure inside a large, dark, teardrop-shaped vessel labeled 'Oleum Philof', set within a landscape with two trees.
Two women washing clothes in a landscape, an alchemical allegory for purification from the Splendor Solis series.
A diagram of a male human figure inscribed within a circle, representing the concept of the microcosm.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ with surrounding figures.
An allegorical landscape from the Splendor Solis series featuring a personified sun rising over a town and a traveler.
A mystical engraving depicting the 'Homo internus' (internal man) as a microcosm, mapping spiritual and physical realms onto the human body.
Engraving of two scholars in a study with a celestial globe, observing the sky.
An anatomical and astrological diagram showing a human figure within concentric circles, illustrating the concept of the microcosm.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ healing a man with crutches, surrounded by a group of onlookers in a landscape.
A complex philosophical diagram illustrating the connection between the human mind and the divine, featuring a profile of a human head linked to a radiant sun labeled 'Deus'.
An engraving depicting a mechanical altar or alchemical apparatus flanked by two robed figures, likely representing Egyptian priests or deities.
An alchemical landscape featuring a personified sun with a human face rising over a mountainous terrain, with a prominent tree in the foreground.
Woodcut depicting Jesus Christ and a devotee with a rosary
An oval engraving depicting a young man and a young woman facing each other, likely illustrating physiognomic types.
Woodcut of a male figure inscribed in a square and circle, surrounded by zodiac symbols.
Woodcut illustration of the Last Supper depicting Jesus and his disciples gathered around a table.
Woodcut of the Crucifixion of Christ, showing a soldier piercing his side with a spear.
A woodcut depicting a domestic scene, likely the Birth of the Virgin Mary. A woman (St. Anne) lies in bed on the left, while a woman behind her holds an infant. In the foreground, three women are seated at a table, eating and drinking.
A male figure with outstretched limbs inscribed within a square and diamond, surrounded by zodiac symbols.
Two-headed alchemical figure (Rebis) representing the union of King and Queen.
Woodcut depicting the 'Ecce Homo' scene from the Passion of Christ, where Jesus is presented to the crowd by Pontius Pilate.
An ornate Egyptian lamp featuring a phallic shape with a figure of Silenus riding it, supported by a large bird's claw.
A circular emblem featuring a standing figure of Horus holding a staff, accompanied by a triangle and a globe.
Publisher's emblem for J.W. Bouton featuring a seated woman with a book and an anchor entwined with a sea monster.
Isis Unveiled Vol. II - Theology
A complex engraving of Egyptian-style symbols and figures, numbered 1 through 17, arranged vertically within a frame.
Allegorical woodcut within a triangular frame showing a central seated figure flanked by two standing figures under a winged sun disk.
A complex symbolic engraving titled 'HIEROGRAMMATISMVS IV', featuring a hawk-headed deity, a serpent, and various geometric and alphabetic symbols.
Detailed engraving of one side of an Egyptian obelisk featuring various hieroglyphic-like symbols, birds, human heads, and ritual objects.
A complex alchemical and cosmological diagram featuring a central cross and celestial spheres.
A circular diagram of the 'Zodiac Man' (Homo Signorum) showing the correspondence between human body parts and the twelve signs of the zodiac.
An intricate triangular engraving depicting a central seated goddess flanked by two standing figures, with a divine eye in a smaller triangle above.
A complex symbolic engraving featuring a crowned hawk, a coiled serpent, and various geometric diagrams.
Engraving of an ibis-headed Egyptian deity, likely Thoth or Hermes Trismegistus, seated on a throne.
A circular emblem depicting the Egyptian deity Horus with various symbolic attributes.
A vertical, anthropomorphic figure representing a 'Triforme Numen' (Triform Deity), containing eight distinct symbolic compartments or 'Octo Classes Mundi' (Eight Classes of the World).
An Egyptian-style scene featuring three figures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and a winged sun disk at the top. One figure is seated on a throne, flanked by two standing figures. Below the main scene are three registers of hieroglyphs.
Oedipus Aegyptiacus Tomus II
A woodcut illustration of the Egyptian deity Ammon with a ram's head, holding a lituus and a flagellum.