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<n>The Creation of Light</n> (1824), a mezzotint by <n>John Martin</n> for John Milton's <n>Paradise Lost</n>.

<n>Passing through the Forest</n> (1920), an illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> from <n>Old French Fairytales</n>.

<n>Draco and Ursa Minor</n>, an 1825 chart from <n>Urania's Mirror</n>, engraved by <n>Sidney Hall</n>.

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

A celestial map by <n>Carel Allard</n> from his 1706 <n>Atlas Coelestis</n>.

<n>The Concourse of the Birds</n> (c. 1600) by <n>Habiballah of Sava</n>, illustrating a poem by <n>Farid al-Din `Attar</n>.

Tapestry <n>Hercules supporting the celestial sphere</n>, c. 1520-1530. Designed by <n>Bernaert van Orley</n>.

<n>The Anatomical Angel</n>, an anatomical illustration from 1746 by artist <n>Jacques-Fabien Gautier d'Agoty</n>.

<n>The Serpent of Arabia</n> from the <n>Ripley Scroll</n>, an alchemical manuscript by <n>Sir George Ripley</n>.

<n>Orpheus</n> (c. 1903-1910), a pastel by French <n>Symbolist</n> artist <n>Odilon Redon</n>.

<n>Small scale study for design of The Hours</n> (c. 1904-1911) by artist <n>Edwin Austin Abbey</n>.

<n>Hermaphrodite with egg</n>, from the 1582 alchemical manuscript <n>Splendor Solis</n>, attributed to <n>Salomon Trismosin</n>.

Fresco of <n>Zodiac: Taurus</n> and <n>Orion the Hunter</n> by <n>Giovanni Antonio Vanosino da Varese</n>, 1575. From the <n>Villa Farnese</n>.

Illustration by <n>Gustaf Tenggren</n> from a 1923 edition of <n>Grimm's Fairy Tales</n>.

A celestial map from the <n>Uranographia</n> star atlas by astronomer <n>Joannes Hevelius</n>, published in 1690.