Sold for:
$20,400
$20,400
Hooke, Robert (1635-1703) Micrographia . London: Martyn, 1667. Second edition, folio, collated, complete, with half-title, and thirty-eight engraved plates, half of which are folding, the others full-page, some tears, water stain on the first plate; bound in a very good contemporary tan Cambridge calfskin binding, front board detached. As he composed his microscopic observations, Hooke described the units that compose skin as "cells" for the first time. His shocking flea and louse, presented in unnatural enormity, are still frightening today.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
