Feb 19, 2004 - Sale 1997

Sale 1997 - Lot 220

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HOOKE, ROBERT. Micrographia Restaurata; or, The Copper-Plates of Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, reprinted and fully explained. 33 engraved plates. [4], 65, [5] pages. Folio, modern brown morocco; contents browned, clean tear in plate 21. London: John Bowles et al., 1745
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Abridged edition of Hooke's 1665 Micrographia, the first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations and the first on the subject in English, "probably the most influential book in the entire history of microscopy"--Garrison-Morton 262 (original edition). Keynes (Hooke) 10 (this edition).