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Maps, plates and the pieces you look up at between thoughts.

From Cabinet of Curiosities 41Painted Zodiac 15The Alembic 13The Old Masters 12 and 4 more houses

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A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Unknown engraver

Engraving, 18th–19th century

PA-00532from $55

Jellyfish — Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919)

Painting, 1899–1904

PA-00605from $60

Snowy Owl

John James Audubon; engraved by Robert Havell (1785 to 1851)

Engraving, 1831

PA-00630from $60

Sea Slugs — Nudibranchia

Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919)

Painting, 1899–1904

PA-00667from $60

Anatomy of the Head

Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty

Plate, 1748

PA-00942from $60

Virgo, the Maiden

Johann Bayer

Plate, 1655 edition of 1603

PA-00959from $55

Halley's Eclipse Map of 1715

Edmond Halley

Plate, 1715

PA-00991from $60

Scorpio

Sidney Hall

Engraved plate, 1825

PA-02274from $60

Andromeda

Sidney Hall

Engraved plate, 1825

PA-02275from $60

Uranometria, the Title Page

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, 1603

PA-02284from $60

Virgo, the Maiden — Restored

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, restored

PA-02329from $55

Virgo, the Maiden — Prussian

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, restored

PA-02332from $55

Virgo, the Maiden — Venetian Red

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, restored

PA-02333from $55

Virgo, the Maiden — Antique Gold

Johann Bayer

Engraved plate, restored

PA-02334from $55

Hyacinths

Thomas Warner, after Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1801

PA-00245from $55

Tycho's Great Instruments

Tycho Brahe

Plate, 1598

PA-00981from $55

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1693

PA-00244from $55

Rosa Damascena Aurora

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Plate, 1817–1824

PA-00247from $55

The Night-Blowing Cereus

after Philip Reinagle and Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1800

PA-00250from $55

The Large Sunflower

Basilius Besler

Plate, 1613

PA-00252from $55

Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00257from $55

The Golden-Winged Woodpecker

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00287from $55

The Weighing of the World Systems

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Plate, 1651

PA-00986from $60

The Nativity of Alexander

Engraver unknown

Engraved plate

PA-02279from $60

The Melothesia

Medieval manuscript

Engraved plate

PA-02281from $60

The Wild Turkey

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00277from $60

The Baltimore Oriole

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1828

PA-00278from $60

The Carolina Parrot

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1828

PA-00279from $60

The Mocking Bird

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00281from $60

The Purple Martin

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00282from $60

The Sun Rises Over the City

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00507from $60

The Dragon Arum

William Ward, after Peter Charles Henderson and Robert John Thornton

Plate, 1801

PA-00249from $60

The Book of the Fixed Stars

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Plate, Copied late 15th century

PA-00259from $60

Cepheus

Sidney Hall

Plate, 1825

PA-00263from $60

Discomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00270from $60

Cubomedusae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00272from $60

Trochilidae

Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)

Lithograph, 1899–1904

PA-00273from $60

The Snow Bird

John James Audubon (engraved by Robert Havell Jr.)

Engraving, 1827

PA-00283from $60

The Booby

Mark Catesby

Plate, 1731–1743

PA-00286from $55

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

Maria Sibylla Merian

Plate, 1705

PA-00290from $55

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00502from $55

Hummingbirds

John Gould (1804 to 1881)

Painting, 1849–1861

PA-00670from $60

The Zodiac Man

Limbourg brothers

Engraved plate, 1416

PA-02277from $60

Reymann’s Nativity Calendar

Erhard Schön for Leonhard Reymann

Engraved plate, 1515

PA-02280from $60

The Children of the Moon

Master of the Housebook

Engraved plate, 1480

PA-02282from $60

The Peacock’s Tail

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

PA-00506Display only

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

after Czermak / Kandler

Engraving of the Prague astronomical clock, 1837

PA-00540Display only

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

William Cheselden

Plate, 1733

PA-00940Display only

Pieces

A Clock Face and Its Mechanism

Jellyfish — Discomedusae

Snowy Owl

Sea Slugs — Nudibranchia

Anatomy of the Head

Virgo, the Maiden

Halley's Eclipse Map of 1715

Scorpio

Andromeda

Uranometria, the Title Page

Virgo, the Maiden — Restored

Virgo, the Maiden — Prussian

Virgo, the Maiden — Venetian Red

Virgo, the Maiden — Antique Gold

Hyacinths

Tycho's Great Instruments

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

Rosa Damascena Aurora

The Night-Blowing Cereus

The Large Sunflower

Cat’s Claw, with a Swallowtail

The Golden-Winged Woodpecker

The Weighing of the World Systems

The Nativity of Alexander

The Melothesia

The Wild Turkey

The Baltimore Oriole

The Carolina Parrot

The Mocking Bird

The Purple Martin

The Sun Rises Over the City

The Dragon Arum

The Book of the Fixed Stars

Cepheus

Discomedusae

Cubomedusae

Trochilidae

The Snow Bird

The Booby

Spiders, Ants, and a Hummingbird

The First Parable: Miners at the Rock

Hummingbirds

The Zodiac Man

Reymann’s Nativity Calendar

The Children of the Moon

The Peacock’s Tail

The Orloj, Engraved — 1837

A Skeleton, from the Osteographia

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