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A book discussing the relations of geometrical forms and physical phenomena

A book on Johannes Kepler's cosmological theory based on the Copernican system. The full title translates to Forerunner of the Cosmological Essays, Which Contains the Secret of the Universe; on the Marvelous Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and…

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

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…

A collection of texts that describes various alchemical processes.

text describing internal and reproductive anatomy of insects as well as the notion of metamorphosis

Goltzius' depiction of the humors associated with women

Goltzius' depiction of the humors associated with men

The Amphitheater of Eternal Wisdom is Khunrath's best-known work on alchemy.

Galileo's Starry Messenger discusses his discoveries in the field of astronomy. These discoveries made it critical to correctly analyze geometrical optics that observations with a telescope were based on.