Nov 03, 2006 - Sale 2092

Sale 2092 - Lot 111

Price Realized: $ 15,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 25,000
EARLY LANDMARK IN MICROSCOPY HOOKE, ROBERT. Micrographia; or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries thereupon. 33 (of 38) engraved plates, most folding; lacks plates 9, 24, 29, 32, 37 (all replaced in facsimile). [36], 246, [10] pages, including initial license leaf. Folio, 290x192 mm, contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked, with morocco lettering piece; early owner's signature in outer margin of title, light dampstain in upper inner and lower outer corners at beginning and end, minimally affecting plates, repaired clean tear in plate 34; 1/4 morocco slipcase. London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1665
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