Physical description |
36 unnumbered pages, 246 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 38 unnumbered leaves of plates (copperplate, some some folded) ; 31 cm (folio) |
Notes |
Title page in red and black. |
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Printer's device on title page with: "Nvllivs In Verba." |
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Epistole dedicatory to the King signed Robert Hook. |
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Includes an initial imprimatur leaf by the Council of the Royal Society of London, dated "Novem. 23. 1664." |
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The Micrographia of Robert Hooke was one of the most spectacular works published by the Royal Society in the seventeenth century. |
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Errata notes on p. [10], at end. |
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Includes printed marginal notes. |
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Garrison-Morton (5th ed.), 262. |
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Heirs of Hippocrates, 599. |
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ESTC R18004. |
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Keynes, G. Bibl. of Dr. Robert Hooke, 6. |
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Krivatsy, P. NLM 17th cent., 5958. |
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Wellcome cat. of printed books, III, p. 296. |
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Wing H2620. |
Language notes |
In English with Greek references. |
Local note |
SpC/BX copy lacks plate No. [36]. |
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Baillieu Library SpC/BX copy, acquired from a local source in 1920, had its binding repaired and lost all indications of provenance except a pencil note in William Story's hand recording the absence of one plate from the collation. The volume reached Victoria, therefore, a century and a half ago. Keynes 6; Wing H2620. |
Other author |
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723, illustrator.
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Martyn, John, active 1649-1680, printer.
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Allestry, James, -1670, printer.
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Royal Society (Great Britain). Council.
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Subject |
Microscopy -- Early works to 1800.
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Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
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Light -- Early works to 1800.
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Hair -- Early works to 1800.
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Snowflakes -- Early works to 1800.
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Hair.
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Orion (Constellation) -- Early works to 1800.
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Variant Title |
Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. |
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