Philosophical collections, containing an account of such physical, anatomical, chymical, mechanical, astronomical, optical, or other mathematical and philosophical experiments and observations as have lately come to the publishers hands. As also an account of some books of this kind lately published.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1679 - 1682
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3188275
Summary
Bibliographic description
7 pts. in 1 v. (44, [2], 50, 43-210 p., [6] folded leaves of plates) : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 4281. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: seventeenth-century[?] sprinkled calf, over wood boards; double blind fillet border, with small blind acorn cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label 'Hooks collect' and dates 1681 1682. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Robert Hooke (1635-1703), author Royal Society, London , organisation Robert Hooke (1635-1703), publisher