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  Microscopic study of frog and fish specimens

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Illustrated plate depicting Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's (1632-1723) microscopic studies of frog and fish specimens.

  Fig. 1: Frog embryo

  Fig. 2: Later development of frog embryo

  Fig. 3: Further development of frog embryo…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, fl 1679-1720, Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van
  • Subject Tadpoles--Anatomy, Animalcules, Arteries, Blood--Circulation, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Aorta, Unicellular organisms, Tadpoles, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Fishes, Natural history, Veins, Microbiology, Tadpoles--Growth
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Illustrated half-title page for Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Illustrated half-title page for Arcana Naturae Detecta depicts women standing on a pedestal at a table covered with food. The eye of providence, representing the eye of God, bestows rays of light towards the table. One…

  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van
  • Subject Animalcules, Natural history, People with disabilities, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Prosthesis, Schaak, J. van, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Microbiology, Unicellular organisms
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  5 items
  Rare books, Engravings

  Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • 1695

  In this pioneering work on microscopy, engraved plates detail the physiology of natural history specimens. Known as the "Father of Microbiology," Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) is considered one of the first…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, fl 1679-1720, Schaak, J. van
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van
  • Subject Animalcules, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Unicellular organisms, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Microbiology
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Frontispiece: Portrait of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

  • Nature's Mysteries Disclosed

  • Part of Arcana Naturae Detecta

  • 1695

  Frontispiece half-length portrait engraving of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). "Antonius A. Leeuwenhoeck" and "Regiæ Societatis Londinensis membrum" are listed underneath the portrait, with the latter translating to…

  • Artist Verkolje, Jan, 1650-
  • Author Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
  • Engraver Blois, Abraham de, fl 1679-1720
  • Publisher Kroonevelt, Henrik van, active approximately 1684-1704
  • Subject Royal Society (Great Britain), Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Microorganisms, Verkolje, Jan, 1650-, Blois, Abraham de, fl 1679-1720, Unicellular organisms, Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Physiology, Animalcules, Microbiology
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  Rare books, Engravings

  IX. Clavis

  • Ninth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  III. Clavis

  • Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  VII. Clavis

  • Seventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  Bound volume contains a collection of alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus).

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  VI. Clavis

  • Sixth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Prima Clavis

  • First Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  V. Clavis

  • Fifth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Apud Hermannum a Sande, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Alchemy, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius, Merian, M., Philaletha, Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
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  Rare books, Engravings

  XII. Clavis

  • Twelfth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  VIII. Clavis

  • Eighth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  II. Clavis

  • Second Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  IV. Clavis

  • Fourth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  XI. Clavis

  • Eleventh Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  X. Clavis

  • Tenth Key from The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus)

  • Part of Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  • Author Basilius Valentinus
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Basilius Valentinus, Alchemy
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  70 items
  Rare books, Engravings

  Musaeum Hermeticum Reformatum et Amplificatum

  • 1678

  Bound volume contains a compilation of earlier famous alchemical texts. Select title pages and plates are digitized including the plates illustrating The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine (Basilius Valentinus). Also…

  • Author Philaletha, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius
  • Engraver Merian, M.
  • Publisher Apud Hermannum a Sande
  • Subject Apud Hermannum a Sande, Basilius Valentinus, Norton, Thomas, Cremer, John, Flamel, N., Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622, Sendivogius, M., Lambspring, de Meung, Jean, Helvetius, Merian, M., Philaletha, Alchemy
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXXV. Ceres Triptolemum, Thetis Achillem, ut sub igne morari assuefecit, sic artifex lapidem.

  • Emblem 35. As Ceres accustomed Triptolemus to stay in the fire and Thetis did to Achilles, so the master does to the stone.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXXIV. In balneis concipitur, & in aëre nascitur, rubeus verò factus graditur super aquas.

  • Emblem 34. He is conceived in baths, born in the air, and being made red he walks upon the waters.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXXIII. Hermaphroditus mortuo similis, in tenebris jacens, igne indiget.

  • Emblem 33. The hermaphrodite, like a corpse lying in the dark, needs fire.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXXII. Corallus sub aquis ut crescit & aëre induratur, sic lapis.

  • Emblem 32. As coral grows under water and hardens in the air, so does the stone.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXXI. Rex natans in mari, clamans altâ voce: Qui me eripiet, ingens præmium habebit.

  • Emblem 31. The king swimming in the sea cries out with a loud voice: He that delivers me shall have a great reward.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXX. Sol indiget lunâ, ut gallus gallinâ.

  • Emblem 30. The Sun needs the moon as the cock needs the hen.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXIX. Ut Salamandra vivit igne sic lapis.

  • Emblem 29. Like the Salamander the stone lives in the fire.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Emblema XXVIII. Rex balneatur in Laconico sedens, Atrâque bile liberatur à Pharut.

  • Emblem 28. The king bathes, sitting in a Steam Bath, and is freed from black bile by Pharut.

  • Part of Atalanta Fugiens

  • 1618

  • Author Maier, Michael, 1568?-1622
  • Engraver Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
  • Printer Galler, Hieronymus
  • Publisher Bry, Johann-Theodor de, 1561-1623
  • Subject Alchemy, Alchemy--Early works to 1800