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An 1846 astronomical diagram, <n>The Central Sun, and Theory of the Stellar Universe</n>, engraved by <n>John Emslie</n>.

<n>Plate I</n> from <n>Thomas Wright</n>'s <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n> (1750).

Illustration by <n>Alphonse de Neuville</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s 1870 novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

A 1928 photogravure of a <n>Cobaea scandens</n> plant by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A 1660 chart of lunar phases by <n>Andreas Cellarius</n>, engraved by <n>Jan van Loon</n>.

Plate 101 from <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>'s <n>Urformen der Kunst</n> (1928), depicting a pumpkin and arbor vitae.

An 1870 engraving by <n>Henri Hildibrand</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

Spiral nebula seen on edge from the book <n>The Earth and the Stars</n>. Photo by <n>Mount Wilson Observatory</n>.

A page of emblems from <n>Devises et emblemes, anciennes et modernes</n> (1699) by <n>Daniel de La Feuille</n>.

<n>Giant Waterlily (Victoria Amazonica)</n> by <n>Katie Scott</n>, an illustration from the book <n>Botanicum</n>.

A plate from <n>René Descartes</n>'s <n>Les Principes de la philosophie</n>, published in 1647.

An engraving by <n>Willem Goeree</n> from 1694 depicting the Earth with its oceans drained.

<n>Sea Holly</n>, a black and white photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Plate 3 from An Essay on Light and Shade</n> (1805), a watercolour and etching by <n>Mary Gartside</n>.

<n>Tellus, or the Earth</n> from the <n>Astronomia Playing Cards</n> set (1829), drawn by <n>C. Hodges</n>.

<n>A View of the Earth from the Moon</n>, a 1786 engraving by <n>James Tytler</n> and <n>James Heath</n>.

<n>Plate XXVIII</n> from <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n> (1750) by <n>Thomas Wright</n>.

An 1870 illustration by <n>Émile-Antoine Bayard</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

<n>Le sphere de monde</n>, an illustration by cartographer <n>Oronce Fine</n>, 1549.

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A 1750 print by astronomer <n>Thomas Wright</n> from his book <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>.

Illustration of the moon from <n>Agnes Giberne</n>'s book <n>The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars</n> (1898).

'Fire-Stone', an illustration by <n>James Sowerby</n> from his book <n>British Mineralogy</n> (1802-17).

A volvelle from the <n>Astronomicum Caesareum</n>, created in 1540.

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Illustration from <n>Bernard de Fontenelle</n>'s 1686 book, <n>Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes</n>.

<n>The Sun</n>, a 1617 engraving by <n>Robert Fludd</n>.

<n>Star with Aurora</n>, an 1840 illustration from <n>The Sidereal Heavens</n> by <n>Thomas Dick</n>.

An albumen silver print by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n> from his 1869 book <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n>.

Dr. <n>Hubert Airy</n>'s 1870 illustration of a scintillating scotoma, a type of migraine aura.

<n>Section of Lily Bud</n>, a 1909 photomicrograph by <n>Arthur E. Smith</n> from the book <n>Nature Through Microscope and Camera</n>.

Engraving of cork's cellular structure from <n>Robert Hooke</n>'s 1665 book, <n>Micrographia</n>.