Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London

Royal Society (Great Britain), Maty, Paul Henry, 1745-1787. General index to the Philosophical transactions, Stuart, Alexander, 1673-1742. Three lectures on muscular motion, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner. DSI · 1666 · London : Royal Society of London · 26 pictures

This is a scientific journal issued by the Royal Society of London in 1666, the learned society's record of papers for natural philosophers and the scientific public. Its pictures are small woodcut ornaments, including a vase with foliage, a dove within a rayed oval framed by scrolls, and a lyre with laurel branches, showing how symmetrical floral and scrolled cartouche designs were built for printed page decoration.

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