[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed., 1st issue of Hooke's landmark work on microscopy. London: 1665

[Karmbooks at aol.com]

Hooke, Robert. MICROGRAPHIA: or Some Philosophical Descriptions of Minute 
Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. London: Jo. Martin and Ja. Allestry for the 
Royal Society. 1665. Folio. First edition, first issue. (36),246,(10)pp. With 
the license leaf, facing the title. Title printed in red & black with a large 
engraved vignette. Illustrated with 38 plates (of which 20 are folding), 
complete. Cont. calf, rebacked, hinges and extremities a bit rubbed, but a very sound 
copy. Some text soiling. Plates with some minor tears at margins, one plate 
with an outer margin reinforced. Plates 22, 26, 31 & 32 with slight losses at 
outer margins. Plates 34 & 35 with tears which extend into the image.     
$45,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations and the first 
to illustrate cells. One of the key books in the history of science in England, 
influential to the work of Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton and so many others. 
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN #147; Keynes. Hooke #6; Horblit 50; Norman Catalog 
#1093. Wing H2620.

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
P.O. Box 464
Santa Monica, CA 90406
Tel. (310) 451-4342; Fax. (310) 458-5930
Email: karmbooks at aol.com