Lot 94
Power (Henry) Experimental Philosophy, in Three Books: containing New Experiments Microsopical, Mercurial, Magnetical..., first edition, by T.Roycroft, for John Martin, and James Allestry, 1664.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Power (Henry) Experimental Philosophy, in Three Books: containing New Experiments Microsopical, Mercurial, Magnetical..., first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf and final errata leaf, folding engraved plate, woodcut illustrations, one full-page, light marginal browning or soiling, contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, spine worn and defective at foot, splits to joints, [Wing P3099], 4to, by T.Roycroft, for John Martin, and James Allestry, 1664.
⁂ The first book in English on microscopy, preceding Hooke's Micrographia by a year, with several pioneering descriptions of microscopic observations and also including a section on coalmines.
Description
Power (Henry) Experimental Philosophy, in Three Books: containing New Experiments Microsopical, Mercurial, Magnetical..., first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf and final errata leaf, folding engraved plate, woodcut illustrations, one full-page, light marginal browning or soiling, contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, spine worn and defective at foot, splits to joints, [Wing P3099], 4to, by T.Roycroft, for John Martin, and James Allestry, 1664.
⁂ The first book in English on microscopy, preceding Hooke's Micrographia by a year, with several pioneering descriptions of microscopic observations and also including a section on coalmines.
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