Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. : With observations and inquiries thereupon.
Robert Hooke's Micrographia, printed in London in 1665 for the Royal Society, is a natural history book of microscope observations of minute bodies. Its copperplate engravings show magnified views of a flea, insects, cork, fungi and other small specimens, drawn with fine cross-hatching and shading that a designer could borrow for detailed scientific illustration.
