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Goltzius' depiction of the humors associated with men

Anonymous engraving depicting an individual inserted in to a athanor, an alchemical furnace to symbolize the purification process of alchemy.

Although not discovered until about the 1800s, Servetus builds on but argues against Dioscoride's Materia Medica. Servetus discusses his own medicinal recipes.

A picture book that uses symbols of alchemy and deals with moral topic of good and evil.

A collection of mathematicsl theorem and proofs

Considered one of the greatest pharmacoepias in history, Cordus describes various plants, using primarily text, and establishes many of the practical and medical uses of various plants discovered.

This manuscript builds off the Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia, a text that contains formularies that consist of herbs. Leoniceno argues and comments that many of the herbs discussed in Pliny's text are inaccurate of its actual use and…

A book on mathematical proportions and their applications to geometry was written in Milan between 1496 and 98 and first published in Venice.

Influenced by past Botanists such as Fuchs, Dodoens establishes a great number of images of herbals and their properties. Compared to other herbals, Dodoens groups and classifies many of herbs based on their similar qualities. In addition, he lists…

Early modern world map