Lot 482
Microscopy.- Hooke (Robert) Microscopic Observations; or, Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 1780.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Microscopy.- Hooke (Robert) Microscopic Observations; or, Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, 33 engraved plates, a few folding, plate 21 2 neat tears, partially repaired verso with tape, plate 30 tear & section of lower corner excised, both without loss, P2 tear within text without loss, offsetting, foxing, modern speckled calf-backed marbled boards, red leather label to spine, [Keynes 11; Wellcome III, p.296], folio, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 1780.
⁂ An abridgement of the author's Micrographia Restaurata, published in 1745.
Description
Microscopy.- Hooke (Robert) Microscopic Observations; or, Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, 33 engraved plates, a few folding, plate 21 2 neat tears, partially repaired verso with tape, plate 30 tear & section of lower corner excised, both without loss, P2 tear within text without loss, offsetting, foxing, modern speckled calf-backed marbled boards, red leather label to spine, [Keynes 11; Wellcome III, p.296], folio, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 1780.
⁂ An abridgement of the author's Micrographia Restaurata, published in 1745.
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