HOOKE, ROBERT. Micrographia; or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries thereupon. 38 engraved plates. [36], 246, [10] pages, including initial imprimatur leaf. Folio, 294x194 mm, early 19th-century russia gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, spine ends chipped, cover corners worn through, covers detached; margins trimmed slightly entering letters at bottom of plate 6 but not otherwise affecting text, plate 2 bound upside down, clean tears of varying lengths in plates 1, 33, 35, and 38 repaired on verso and reopened without image loss, small repair in corner of plate 34 on verso, contents generally clean apart from light soiling on preliminaries and ink stains in blank areas of plate 27. Early signature of Daniel Thomas; embossed stamps of Arthur Angell and Meville Eastham; armorial bookplate of George Macaulay. London: Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1667