Astrology (page 5/5)

The Order of the Inspirati.

This full-page engraving contains supposed portraits of: [more...] [$]

Portrait of Apollonius

This fanciful portrait of the Greek philosopher Appollonius shows him with a long beard. He stands next to a heavenly sphere with part of Scorpio visible both as a constellation of stars and as a [...]Καί σὺ τάλαινα Άντιόχεια and in English, “And thou, miserable city of Antioch.” [more...] [$]

Paracelsus receives from the Inspiration of Spirits

The actual caption in the figure is PARACELSUS Receits from the Inſpiration of Spirits. [more...] [$]

Full-page border with tiny vintage laurel leaves and hand-drawn box

This full-page border comes from an engraving, so it’s slightly irregular, but only slightly, almost hand-drawn in effect. It’s made from a thin straight line around the page and, inside it, repeating pairs of leaves, probably laurel leaves, with a small circle at the top middle. I coloured the outer straight border brown and made the outlines of [...] [more...] [$]

Magical Circle, Seals and Characters

Text above the scanned part reads, Ingrav’d for Sibleys Astrology Noº59

Text below the scanned part says, Published for the Proprietors by C Statker Nº4 Stationers Court.

This plate appears in Vol II, opposite p. 1103.

“The dimensions of the circle is [sic] as follows: a piece of ground is usually chosen nine feet square, at the full extent of which parallel lines are drawn one within another, having sundry crosses and triangles described between them, close to which is formed the first or outer circle; then, about half a foot within the same, a second circle is described; and wihin that another square correspondent to the first, the centre of which is the seat or spot where the master and associate are to be placed. The vacancies formed by the various lines and angles of the figure, are filled up with all the holy names of God, having crosses and triangles described betwixt them agreeable to a sketch I have given in the annexed plate, where likewise [more...] [$]

Edward Kelly, A Magician

Edward Kelly [sic for Kelley] in the Act of invoking the Spirit of a Deceased Person. Marked, Sibly Del, Ames Sculp., Dr. Dee’s Works. [more...] [$]

Detail

Part of the Edward Kelley engraving showing the magical circle in more detail. [$]

A Laboratory.

A Laboratory
Shewing how a Simple Spirit may be extracted, to represent Flowers & Herbs, in Full Bloom. [more...] [$]