Micrographia: or Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon. By R. Hooke, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1665
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3014121
Summary
Bibliographic description
[36], 246, [10] p., XXXVIII leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; fol. Running number: 4302. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaf: "E libris Geo: Bradley Coll: Eman: Cantab: 1681 prl: 12s 0d" [i.e. George Bradley (d. 1688), of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; born Louth, Lincolnshire -- cf. Alumni Cantabrigienses] and "John Grime his booke 1700". Manuscript bookseller's code on title page: "Li / d". Manuscript inscription on reverse of plate XXXVII and on rear fly-leaf: "John Grime his book 1700". Binding: seventeenth-century calf, sewn onto 4 raised bands; double blind fillet border; double blind fillet panel, with blind cornerpiece stamps; double blind fillet on board edges; blind fillet panels on spine, with gilt title lettered vertically 'Hooke Micrographia' on goatskin label. Red sprinkled edges.Provenance: Manuscript inscription: "E libris Geo: Bradley Coll: Eman: Cantab: 1681 prl: 12s 0d". Manuscript inscription on front and rear endpapers: "John Grime his book 1700". Binding: Seventeenth-century Cambridge binding, edges sprinkled red, 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered vertically on brown label "Hooke Micrographia".
Makers and roles
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)