The posthumous works of Robert Hooke, .... Containing his Cutlerian lectures, and other discourses, read at the meetings of the illustrious Royal Society. ... Illustrated with sculptures. To these discourses is prefixt the author's life, ... Publish'd by Richard Waller, ...
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3245237
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],xxviii,209,[i.e.210],[2],279-572,[12]p., [15] leaves of plates. ill... fol. May be missing a plate. Provenance: eighteenth-century inscription on front free endpaper: 'Phin: Fowke. M.D. AD.1705 Quantum est quod nesimus' [i.e. Phineas Fowke (1639-1710)]. Inscription on front free endpaper: Davenport Talbot [i.e. William Davenport Talbot (1764-1800)]. Binding: eighteenth-century panelled calf; gilt spine with six raised bands; gilt lettered pine title label 'Dr Hooke's posthvmovs works'.
Makers and roles
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)