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[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: European prisoners being fried and eaten by the Tuppin Inwa]

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: The typical compound of the Tuppin Inwa (prisoner being tortured)]

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Symbolic picture in alchemical text showing crowned man standing on sun and crowned woman standing on moon joining flowers with descending dove, which represents marriage and the union of two substances]

[Symbolic picture in alchemical text showing crowned man standing on s...

Illus. and text in: Artis auriferae. Basileae : Excudebat C. Waldkirch : Expensis C. de Marne, & I. Aubry, 1593. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

[Manfred seated and pointing to two knelling men with falcons]

[Manfred seated and pointing to two knelling men with falcons]

Illus. in: De arte venandi cum avibus / Friedrich II, Emperor of Germany. Augustae Vindelicorum, Apud I. Praetorium, 1596. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Title page of De arte venandi cum avibus, with pine tree and banner "Honos erithuic quoqum pomo"]

[Title page of De arte venandi cum avibus, with pine tree and banner "...

Illus. in: De arte venandi cum avibus / Friedrich II, Emperor of Germany. Augustae Vindelicorum, Apud I. Praetorium, 1596. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]

[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ore testing and ovens in assay laboratory with surrounding text]

[Ore testing and ovens in assay laboratory with surrounding text]

Illus. and text in: Beschreibung aller furnemisten mineralischen Ertz unnd Bergkwercks Arten / Lazarus Ercker. Franckfurt am Mayn : J. Feyerabendt, 1598. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Brun... More

[Interior view of a metallurgical workshop where men are removing impurities from silver]

[Interior view of a metallurgical workshop where men are removing impu...

Illus. in: Beschreibung. Franckfurt am Mayn : J. Feyerbendt, 1598. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 46.

[Horse, drawn to show muscle structure and anatomy]

[Horse, drawn to show muscle structure and anatomy]

Illus. in: Dell' anotomia et dell' infirmita del cavallo / Carlo Ruini. Bologna : Presso gli heredi di G. Rossi, 1598, p. 295. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Die Sechste gliechnis. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Die Sechste gliechnis. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The sixth allegory, showing a man holding a sword and decapitated head standing by dismembered body signifying alchemical purification through separation. Illus. and text in: Aureum vellus / Salomon trismosin. ... More

[Apparatus for shooting large arrows], engraving, Library of Congress

[Apparatus for shooting large arrows], engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Poliorceticōn, sive De machinis, tormentis, telis, libri qvinqve ... Antverpiæ : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud I. Moretum, 1599. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western tech... More

[Chapter opening with illustration of man heating and hammering iron bar aligned in north-south orientation to magnetize it, decorated initial H and two cherubs, and surrounding text]

[Chapter opening with illustration of man heating and hammering iron b...

Public domain scan of a decorated illuminated manuscript page, medieval, 13th-14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick

Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick

Illustration shows an actor portraying Richard III in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: A... More

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

The pyramid of Cestius is shown on the left, part of the church of SS Salvatore is on the right, and the gate of San Páolo is in the background. Illus. in: Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna ... / Gius... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redoubts, works, &c. taken in the year 1776, during the late war in America

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redou...

Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a series of lette... More

[Roger bacon conducting an experiment], engraving, Library of Congress

[Roger bacon conducting an experiment], engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Symbola avreæ mensæ dvodecim nationvm. Francofvrti : typis A. Hummij, impensis Lucæ Iennis, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. ... More

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Illustration shows an actor portraying Henry V in Shakespear's play by the same name. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: H... More

Hernando de Alarcon ... / B. Bazquez lo grabó ; J. Lopez Enguidanos lo dibuxó.

Hernando de Alarcon ... / B. Bazquez lo grabó ; J. Lopez Enguidanos lo...

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Illus. in: Retratos de los españoles ilustres con un epitome de sus vidas. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1791. Ref. copy in BIOG FILE - Alarcon, Hernando de.

Wie die Franzosen ein gelegen Ort eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet

Wie die Franzosen ein gelegen Ort eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet

French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida.

Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt, engraving, Library of Congress

Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt, engraving, Library of Congr...

Outline of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: [America. pt. 2. German] Der ander Theil, der newlich erfundenen Landschafft Americae, von dreyen Schi... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Of the unicorne [sic] - Public domain dedication image

Of the unicorne [sic] - Public domain dedication image

Unicorn facing right with one leg in air. Illus. and text in: The historie of foure-footed beastes / Edward Topsell. London : W. Laggard, 1607, p. 711. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno.... More

Carro delle zaffosina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Carro delle zaffosina. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a mechanical device for transporting small boats from one body of water to another or over unnavigable sections by means of sleds with wheels that run through tracks. Illus. in: Novo teatro di mach... More

[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]

Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More

[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generating steam which causes sound to issue from pipes like an organ; shows statue, possibly of Hero of Alexandria]

[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generat...

Illus. in: Les raisons des forces movvantes auec diuerses machines tant vtilles que plaisantes, ... / par Salomon de Cavs .... Francfort : en la boutique de I. Norton, 1615. Published in: The tradition of tech... More

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man, wearing a large square-framed parachute, safely parachuting next to a building, presumably from which he has jumped off. Illus. in: Machinæ novæ. Venetiis : [1615?]. Published in: The tradit... More

[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]

[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]

Illus. in: La premiere partie des desseins artificiavlx de tovtes sortes des movlins a vent, .... Impriméz a Francfort svr le Main : Par P. Iacques, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More

[Musical scales or range of sound ascribed by Kepler to Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury; and surrounding text]

[Musical scales or range of sound ascribed by Kepler to Saturn, Jupite...

Illus. and text in: Harmonices mundi / Johann Kepler. Lincii Austriae : J. Plancus, 1619, p. 207. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 35.

[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top in war attire, with shield, bow, and arrows; mother holding paddle and nursing infant; and men clothed for winter, wearing snowshoes]

[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top i...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 23 recto.

[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shelter with bundles of bones, friends and relatives of the dead, and lodge in background, New France (Canada)]

[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shel...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 110 recto.

Hiacinthus indicus tuberosa & bulbosa radice, odoratissimus; anemone maxima polientos calchedoni

Hiacinthus indicus tuberosa & bulbosa radice, odoratissimus; anemone m...

Illustrations and descriptions of hyacinth and anemone. Illus. and text in: Historie des plantes / Jean Robin. Paris : G. Mace, 1620, PP. 12-13. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washin... More

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elaborate border showing figures of "Nobilitas" and "Scientia"] / Fr. Delaram sculp. anno. 1522 [i.e., 1622]

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhatan ... / Passe, sculp; Compton Holland, exeud.

Matoaka als Rebecka daughter to the mighty Prince Powhatan ... / Passe...

Illustration shows portrait of Pocahantas as Mrs. John Rolfe, from a portrait painting done in London, England, 1616. Published in: The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles ... Lond... More

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smith 1606 [?] William Hole.

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

[Crowd in square in Haarlem, Netherlands] / P. Zaenredam invent. ; J.V. Velde, sculp.

[Crowd in square in Haarlem, Netherlands] / P. Zaenredam invent. ; J.V...

Public domain image of Netherlands landscape, 17th-18th century cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique"]

[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique...

Illus. in: Discours de la methode .... Plus La dioptriqve. Les meteores. Et La geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete methode. Leyde : De li̓mprimerie de I. Maire, 1637. Published in: The tradition of techno... More

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the manner of the destroying it by Captayne Underhill and Captayne Mason / RH.

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...

The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More

[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Hero's miraculous altar]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors. Illus. in: Gli artificiosi e cvriosi moti spiritali di Herone / Giambattista Aleotti. Bologna : C. Zenero, 1647. Publish... More

[Cassiopeia constellation depicted as Cassiopeia in chair, with key to stars' names at left and new star or nova at right]

[Cassiopeia constellation depicted as Cassiopeia in chair, with key to...

Illus. in: Opera omnia / Tycho Brahe. Francofurti : Impensis I.G. Schoweteri, 1648, p. 236. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 33.

De Nova stella, anni 1572 - Public domain dedication image

De Nova stella, anni 1572 - Public domain dedication image

New star discovered in 1572 by Tycho Brahe in the constellation Cassopeia. Illus. in: Opera omnia / Tycho Brahe. Francofurti: Impensis I.G. Schweteri, 1648, p. 235. Published in: The tradition of science / Leon... More

[Allegorical scene of three people with astronomy equipment]

[Allegorical scene of three people with astronomy equipment]

Illus. in: Almagestvm novvm astronomiam veterem ... / Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 1651. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Avvertimento circa lombre et lumi

Avvertimento circa lombre et lumi

Illus. and text in: Della pittura e della statua / Leone Battista Alberti, in Leonardo da Vinci. Trattato della pittura. Parigi : Apresso G. Langlois, 1651, p. 89. Published in: The tradition of science / Leona... More

[Italian thermoscope and Dutch thermometer]

[Italian thermoscope and Dutch thermometer]

Illus. in: Mathematical recreations, .... [London] : Printed for W. Leake, 1653. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library o... More

[Page of text with illustration of a "thermoscope" or thermometer without scale]

[Page of text with illustration of a "thermoscope" or thermometer with...

Illus. in: Sphlaera mvndi, .... Mvtinæ : Ex typographia Andreæ, & Hieronymi Cassiani, 1653. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. ... More

[Moon as solid body with irregular surface features in first telescopic drawings of moon to be published]

[Moon as solid body with irregular surface features in first telescopi...

Illus. and text in: Syderus nuncius. In Opere di Galileo Galilei. Vol. 2. Bononiae : HH. de Ducijs, 1655 p. 14. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... More

[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in background; with old man and women in foreground]

[Allegorical scene during Second Punic war, showing Roman galleys in b...

Reference copy in LOT 4613. Illus. in: The Second Punick war between Hannibal, and the Romanes. London, 1661.

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork plant branch below]

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork ...

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London : J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 58.

[Microscopic view of blue fly and fly wing at right]

[Microscopic view of blue fly and fly wing at right]

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 86.

[Notable comets of the period 1577-1652]

[Notable comets of the period 1577-1652]

Illus. in: Cometographia, totam naturam cometarum ... / Johnnnes Hevelius. Gedani, Auctoris typis, & sumptibus, imprimebat S. Reiniger, 1668, plate L, facing p. 452. Freitag, no. 1401. Published in: Halley's Co... More

Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict par la conduitte de Monsieur le Vau / I. Marot, fecit.

Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict...

Entrance of the mansion of the Louvre, in or near Paris, by the river, built under the direction of Monsieur le Vau. Illus. in: Le Grand Marot / Marot. Paris: 167-?, plate 186. Reference copy available in LOT 4620.

[Teams of horses trying unsuccessfully to pull apart vacuum-filled copper spheres, also depicted in detail above, in Magdeburg demonstration for Emperor Ferdinand III]

[Teams of horses trying unsuccessfully to pull apart vacuum-filled cop...

Public domain image of 17th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Calculating device for multiplication using circular disks]

[Calculating device for multiplication using circular disks]

Illus. in: The description and use of two arithmetick instruments. London : Printed by M. Pitt, 1673. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washing... More

[Plant tissue, drawn from microscope view, including, at lower right, an oleander leaf]

[Plant tissue, drawn from microscope view, including, at lower right, ...

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P. Joannes Ogilbeus / C.S. d. ; M.K. f.

P. Joannes Ogilbeus / C.S. d. ; M.K. f.

Illustration showing John Ogilvie hanging from the gallows while the executioner cuts open his abdomen with a large knife. Illus. in: Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem militans, [...] / Math... More

[Movement of human appendages and pulley systems compared using principles of mechanics and statics]

[Movement of human appendages and pulley systems compared using princi...

Illus. in: De motu animalium / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. 2 vols. Romae : Ex Typographis A. Bernabo, 1680-1681. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More

[Microscope studies of structure of different types of seeds: tulip, stramonium, anagallis, coded arsmart, and azarum]

[Microscope studies of structure of different types of seeds: tulip, s...

Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 71. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Cong... More

Martinus Hemskerkus Harl / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Martinus Hemskerkus Harl / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Martin Van Heemskerk, half-length portrait, standing, facing left. Illust. from: Academia des sciences et des arts ... /Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, LIV. VI., p. 435. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 51

Gemma Frisius / Esme de Boulonois, fe.

Gemma Frisius / Esme de Boulonois, fe.

Frisius Gemma, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Illus. possibly from: Academia des sciences et des arts ... / Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1695. Not listed in LeBlanc.

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Ioannes Ab Eyck pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Jan Van Eyck, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. from: Académie des sciences et des arts ... / Isaac Bullart. Brusselle : Foppens, 1682-1695, Liv. VI, p. 379. LeBlanc, Boulonois no. 43

Hvbertvs Ab Eyck, Ioannis Frater, pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Hvbertvs Ab Eyck, Ioannis Frater, pictor / E. de Boulonois fecit.

Hubert van Eyck, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Garden bean in one lobe of wch. the seminal root is layed bare, the radical cut transversly, [and] a piece of ye true skin

A Garden bean in one lobe of wch. the seminal root is layed bare, the ...

Cross-section of a bean based on microscope examination. Illus. in: The anatomy of plants / Nehemiah Grew. [London] : Printed by W. Rawlins, for the author, 1682, plate 79. Published in: The tradition of scienc... More

[Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554] / I. Luyken.

[Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554] / I....

Illustration showing the execution of van der Leyen and Ghyselins by burning at the stake; van der Leyen, showing signs of life, is stabbed with a long fork; implements of torture lie on the ground; spectators ... More

Caffetiere de diverses formes - Public domain book illustration

Caffetiere de diverses formes - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows four styles of coffee or hot chocolate pots. Illus. in: Le bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat ... / Nicolas de Blegny, 1687, p. 155. Bitting Collection. Title from image caption.

Cabaréts a caffé. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Cabaréts a caffé. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows coffee cups on two serving trays. Illus. in: Le bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat ... / Nicolas de Blegny, 1687, p. 168. Bitting Collection. Title from page caption.

[Murad (Amurath) IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1612-1640, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, against building with obelisk at right]

[Murad (Amurath) IV, Sultan of the Turks, 1612-1640, full-length portr...

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 4, between p. 14 and 15.

[Street scene in İzmir, Turkey]

[Street scene in İzmir, Turkey]

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 2, p. 205.

The damnation of Obadiah / H.W. Bunbury delin., 1772 ; J. Bretherton, f., British Cartoon Print

The damnation of Obadiah / H.W. Bunbury delin., 1772 ; J. Bretherton, ...

One of a series of illustrations to Tristram Shandy showing Dr. Slop holding book containing the form of excommunication, and pointing at Obadiah who is disappearing, one leg and his back alone being visible. B... More

[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from the story] / M. Vander Gucht sculp.

[Portraits of Don Quixote de la Mancha and other main characters from ...

Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, frontispiece.

[Don Quixote, holding sword and shield and attached to line held by another man, descending into Montesino's Cave]

[Don Quixote, holding sword and shield and attached to line held by an...

Reference copy in LOT 4442. Illus. in: The history of the most ingenious knight Don Quixote de la Mancha / London : R. Chiswell, 1700, opp. p. 126.

[Book illustration showing hunting scene] / Bb. del.
Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'est élevée à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.

Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" ... More

[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of the Seminoles and title page of Travels through North & South Carolina] / W. Bartram, Delin. ; J. Trenchard, sculp.

[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...

Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.

Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More

[Cosmological scene showing concentric circles depicting creation]

[Cosmological scene showing concentric circles depicting creation]

Illus. in: Mutus liber / Altus. 1702, pl. 3. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alchemical scene showing two putti holding philosopher's stone containing image of Hermes, below which are a man and a woman kneeling before furnace where transmutation is to take place]

[Alchemical scene showing two putti holding philosopher's stone contai...

Illus. in: Mutus liber / Altus. 1702, pl. 11. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raquetes. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Raquetes. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Snowshoes and Natives wearing snowshoes while hunting deer.

["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]

["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]

Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.

Algernoon Piercy [i.e. Algernon Percy], Earl of Northumberland & c. / Sr. Ant. Vandyck pinx. ; Vertue sc.

Algernoon Piercy [i.e. Algernon Percy], Earl of Northumberland & c. / ...

Sir Algernon Percy, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing armor. No. 45.

Oh--You shall see, vat you shall see

Oh--You shall see, vat you shall see

Illustration showing London street crier talking to two children, who are looking into a peepshow box. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The cryes of the city of London after the life. London, 1711, pl. 75. Engravi... More

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

New river water. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Man carrying 2 buckets of water on yoke. Engraving by Mauron. Illus. in: Marcellus Laroon's The Cryes of the city of London drawne after the life, London, 1711, plate 61. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). This reco... More

[Tubes containing mercury with vacuum at top showing development of first barometer capable of measuring atmospheric pressure, includes page of text]

[Tubes containing mercury with vacuum at top showing development of fi...

Illus. in: Lezioni accademiche d'Evangelista Torricelli, mattematico e filosofo del Sereniso. Firenze : Nella stamp. di S.A.R. per J. Guiducci, e S. Franchi, 1715. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

[Page in Lezioni accademiche; with early barometer created by Torricelli]
Kage e. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Kage e. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two geishas entertaining a man, one is making shadow puppets and the other is playing a shamisen.

Arbre du café dessiné en Arabie sur le naturel

Arbre du café dessiné en Arabie sur le naturel

Illustration showing coffee tree. Illus. in: Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'Ocean ... / Jean de La Roque, 1716, p. 234.N. Bitting Collection.

Lycopersicon, apples of love - Public domain botanical illustration

Lycopersicon, apples of love - Public domain botanical illustration

Tomato in bud, full fruit, and section. Illus. in: The compleat herbal / Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. 2 vols. London : Printed for R. Bonwicke, 1719-30. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno... More

General view of Covent Garden looking north, circa 1720, from an engraving by Sutton Nicholls

General view of Covent Garden looking north, circa 1720, from an engra...

Illus. in: The Architectural review, v. 16, no. 245, April, 1917. London : [s.n.], 1917, plate 1.

[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over their shoulders to fires, platform with skeletons hanging above and bones below on benches, and groups of Indians standing around fires and poles hung with cloth or skins]

[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.

[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, tilling soil into raised humps, and sowing seeds, North America]

[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, till...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîne [etc.], 1724, vol. 2, pl. 7, opp. p. 154.

[Types of drawbridges]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Types of drawbridges]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Theatrum pontificiale, oder Schau-Platz der Brücken und Brücken-Baues .... Leipzig : Zufinden bey dem Autore und Joh. Friedr. Gleditschens seel. Sohn : Gedruckt bey Christoph Zunkel, 1726. Published... More

Chemical vessels. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Chemical vessels. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a variety of different types of chemical vessels, such as a "cucurbit, matras or bolt-head, retort," an "alembic," a "cold-still, circulating glass, pelican, copper alembic with its refrigeratory, [... More

[Details of the mechanisms of the Leibniz calculator, the most advanced of its time]

[Details of the mechanisms of the Leibniz calculator, the most advance...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, engraving, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Three trees undergoing plant physiology experiments, including demonstration that suction of roots can overcome the force of gravity] / S.G.

[Three trees undergoing plant physiology experiments, including demons...

Illus. in: Vegetable staticks / Stephen Hales. London : W. and J. Innys, 1727, plate 5, p. 88. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 63.

Chemical furnaces. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Chemical furnaces. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a variety of different types of chemical furnaces, such as an "athanor, digesting furnace, balneum mariæ, sand-furnace, melting-furnace, elliptic furnace, [and] parabolic furnace." Illus. in: A new... More

[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about faces representing an alchemical combination of mercury and sulfer, an emblem of the unity of all matter]

[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about fa...

Illus. and text in: Deutsches theatrum chemicum / Friedrich Roth-Scholtz. 3 vols. Nurnberg : Bey A.J. Felsseckern, 1728-1732. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Librar... More

Bernard Picart - Gregoire XII / B. Picart, del.

Bernard Picart - Gregoire XII / B. Picart, del.

Illustration show a bust of Gregoire XII on pedastal with a key broken into two pieces at its' base.

[Entrée de Espagnols dans la Province de Chicaça]

[Entrée de Espagnols dans la Province de Chicaça]

Entry of the Spanish into the Province of Chicaça. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... / par Ferdinand de Soto; Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pie... More

[De Quelle maniere Tascaluça reçut General]

[De Quelle maniere Tascaluça reçut General]

The manner in which Toscaluça received the General. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride / par Ferdinand de Soto. Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pierre... More

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