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Armillary spheres

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  • An armillary sphere. Coloured engraving, 180-.
  • Prospero Alpino. Line engraving after R. Blokhuysen.
  • Prospero Alpino. Line engraving by R. Blokhuysen.
  • A woman personifying astronomy. Engraving by J. Caldwall after W. Collins after R. Willett.
  • A woman with an armillary sphere; representing astrology. Etching by C. Schut.
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    Prospero Alpino. Line engraving after R. Blokhuysen.

    | Reference: 5016i
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    The Phrygian sibyl. Engraving by P. Bettelini after L. Agricola after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

    Guercino, 1591-1666. | Reference: 3048082i
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    Della sfera armillare e dell'uso di essa nella astronomia nautica e gnomonica. Opera / di Alberto Pappiani.

    Pappiani, Alberto, 1709-1790. | Date: 1745
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    Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.

    | Date: 1660 | Reference: 25005i
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    The Phrygian sibyl. Engraving by G. Petrini after P. Salari after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

    Guercino, 1591-1666. | Reference: 11365i
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