Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses : with observations and inquiries thereupon

Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703, Allestry, James, -1670, printer, Allestry, James, -1670, bookseller, Evans, Herbert M. (Herbert McLean), 1882-1971, former owner. NcD, Trent, Josiah C. (Josiah Charles), 1914-1948, former owner. NcD, History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD, Royal Society (Great Britain), Zeitlin & Ver Brugge (Los Angeles, Calif.), bookseller. NcD, Saint Andrew's Church (Mells, England), former owner. NcD · 1667 · London : Printed for James Allestry, printer to the Royal Society, and to be sold at his shop, at the Rose and Crown in Duck-Lane · 34 pictures

Robert Hooke's Micrographia, printed in London in 1667 for James Allestry and sold at his Duck-Lane shop, is an early work of microscopy addressed to natural philosophers and the Royal Society's circle. Its plates show magnified insect parts, such as compound eye lattices, bristled limbs and scaled surfaces, drawn with dense hatching that a designer could borrow for pattern, texture or technical diagram work.

Microscopy · Natural history

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