“Tab­ula VII” of a suite of 17th cen­tury engrav­ings graph­i­cally rep­re­sent­ing con­tem­po­rary sci­ence and phi­los­o­phy. In addi­tion to both his­toric and alle­gor­i­cal fig­ures there are a num­ber of ren­der­ings of sci­en­tific instru­ments: barom­e­ters, ther­mome­ters, clocks, scales, hygrom­e­ters and chem­i­cal appa­ra­tuses.
Palatium sapi­en­tiae. Parisiis: Apud Stephanum Gantrel Via Jacobea sub signo Sti. Mauri, [ca. 1680]. 26 plates includ­ing engraved title-page. Call num­ber: (EX) 2011-0248Q