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  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
  • The Virgin Mary and the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes; Joseph sits nearby. Etching by F. de Grado.
  • The flight into Egypt in the night, illuminated by the moon and the milky way. Engraving by H. Goudt, 1613, after A. Elsheimer, 1609.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the phases of the moon, and the rings of Saturn. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: comets in a night sky. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: five diagrams of the surface of the moon, during its phases. Aquatint after Galileo Galilei.
  • Astronomy: the surface of the moon. Engraving.
  • The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.
  • Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the phases of the moon. Engraving.
  • The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
  • The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
  • Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
  • Astronomy: a large, bright, comet in the night sky, being observed by two men. Engraving, 1811.
  • Astronomy: the 28 phases of the moon in a lunar month. Engraving by P. Miotte.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Astronomy: the moon goddess (Diana), in her chariot drawn by a pair of women. Engraving by C. Lasinio, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
  • The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
  • Astronomy: comets in a night sky. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the earth and other planets. Coloured engraving, 1846.
  • King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.