Micrographia: or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon. / By R. Hooke, Fellow of the Royal Society..

Digital image: Preservation copy archived by the National Library of New Zealand in TIFF.

First edition, second issue.

Plate XVI is numbered 'p. 163'.

Imprimatur, pi1v: "By the Council of the Royal Society ... printed by John Martyn, and James Allestry, Printers to the Said Society. Novem. 23. 1664. Brouncker. P.R.S.".

With four final contents leaves. and errata.

Printed on watermarked paper. Woodcut initials ; headpieces built out of printer's ornaments.

Signatures: pi² A² a-g² B-C² D-2K⁴ 2L-2M².

English short title catalogue, R32348

Wing (2nd ed.), H2621A

Page 210, plate XXXIV Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2021.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1528:5).

The Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy has plate 2 bound upside down, and tears in plates 1, 33, 35 and 38 repaired on verso. Binding: bound in period style by Courtland Benson, mottled calf with gold tooled fillets, spine gold tooled with decorated compartments, 5 raised spine bands, red spine label, gold tooled edges, red text sprinkled edges. Spine title: Hooke's Micrographia. Provenance: title page signed in 18th century hand? "Daniel Thomas"; blind stamped "Melville Eastham | Cambridge, Mass." ; page 103 blind-stamped "Arthur Angell | Public Analyst | County Laboratory | Southampton" ; armorial bookplate of George Macaulay has been removed. Purchased by the ATL from Phillip J Pirages Fine Books 2017. Acc. qR407685.

Digital image available: page 210, plate XXXIV. Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.