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6 volume collection which outlines information regarding all known insects except beetles

Illustrated essay on the nature, cultivation, and benefits of the cochineal insect

This volume documents the local flora and fauna of Dutch Surinam, specifically caterpillars, with descriptions of the each species and its habitat

This text is a meticulous representation of the phases of insects and metamorphosis

This text chronicles observations of insects and various plants through the micropscope.

This treatise discusses the physiology of vision. The work was first presented to the Royal Society in 1681. Briggs' discoveries on the anatomy of the eye are presented

Scheiner was a Jesuit mathematician working in Rome. This treatise describes how the eye sees an inverted image that it somehow is able to flip. Scheiner's descriptions played a large role in the success of Johannes Kepler's theory of vision.

It has been a debate for centuries whether or not Vermeer used optics to help create more realistic paintings. This work has clear signs of using a camera obscura. Using this device helps him to figure out the size of the people in relation to one…

The Optica Promota is the major contribution by James Gregory. It included details of his design of the Gregorian telescope.

This is an image that shows the alchemical process of Nigredo. It is part of Mylius's emblem book called Philosophia Reformata. The skeleton, crow, and black sun refer to the ideas of putrefaction and mortification associated with the Nigredo stage…