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Lot 95
Sale 402 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Nov 11, 2015
3:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
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$2,000
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Lot Description
HOOKE, ROBERT
Micrographia Restaurata: or, The Copper-Plates of Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope... London: John Bowles, 1745. Folio, 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Second edition. Complete with 33 engraved plates, two fold-out. Boards rubbed; spine chipped with some loss; upper board threatening to detach; ex-library copy with "Collegio Sancti Davidis" bookplate tipped to front pastedown; light intermittent brownspotting.








