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HOOKE, ROBERT. 1635-1703.:Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667.
Folio (288 x 190 mm). Title with engraved arms of the Royal Society, 38 engraved plates (14 folding). Contemporary calf, rebacked. Some plates trimmed closely, a few short tears along folds, some light browning and staining, mostly marginal.
Provenance: Dan. King (ink note: \"book cost Dan. King second hand October 1st, 1716 pound 1:06:6\"); Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (1686–1777), Earl Marshall of England (armorial bookplate); \"Belonging to the library bequeathed by the Will of Edward Duke of Norfolk to remain in his Family. Henry Howard Tho\'s Eyre Esq\'rs Executors\" (bookplate); The Royal Meteorological Society, 1793 (deaccession label).

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE OF HOOKE\'S MOST CELEBRATED WORK, with the title dated 1667 instead of 1665. \"THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WORK IN THE HISTORY OF MICROSCOPY, CONTAINING THE DISCOVERIES MADE WITH HOOKE\'S NEWLY PERFECTED COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. Micrographia was not only the first book devoted entirely to microscopical observations, but also the first to pair its descriptions with profuse and detailed illustrations, and this graphic portrayal of a hitherto unseen world had an impact rivaling that of Galilieo\'s Sidereus nuncius ... his famous and dramatic portraits of the flea and louse, a frightening eighteen inches long, are hardly less startling today than they must have been to Hooke\'s contemporaries\" (Norman). Dibner Heralds of Science 187; Garrison-Morton-Norman 262; Heirs of Hippocrates 599; Horblit Science 50; Norman 1092; PMM 147.

胡克，罗伯特。1635-1703. 显微摄影：放大镜对微小物体的一些生理描述。伦敦：英国皇家学会詹姆斯·阿利斯特，1667年。

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KEPLER, JOHANNES. 1571-1630. :Tabulae Rudolphinae, quibus astronomicae scientiae, temporum longinquitate collapsae restauratio continentur. Ulm: Jonas Saur, 1627.
Folio (330 x 226 mm). Roman and italic types, double column, printed shoulder notes. Engraved allegorical frontispiece designed by Kepler, depicting Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler gathered in the Temple of Urania, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, including a full-page of diagrams on k3v, woodcut initials, large woodcut device on part 2 section title. With the 4-leaves \"Sportula genethliacis missa\" (q4) printed in Sagan and dated 1629, inserted after the tabulae. Early 18th-century half-sheep and mottled boards, spine gilt in 7 compartments with red and green morocco lettering piece, red speckled edges, a few gatherings (including \"Sportula\", sig. q, issued in 1629) browned (as often). Provenance: Co. Riccati (Jacopo Francesco Riccati (1676-1754, Venetian mathematician; bookplate on title verso).

FIRST EDITION OF KEPLER\'S LAST LIFETIME PUBLICATION AND HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT, THE \"FOUNDATION OF ALL PLANETARY CALCULATIONS FOR OVER A CENTURY\" (Sparrow). Third state, with second quire [):():(⁴] on different paper, albeit trimmed here to the same size as the adjacent leaves. \"The tables are extraordinarily important, for they document in a unique way Kepler\'s great contributions to astronomy\" (Gingerich). \"Besides the planetary, solar, and lunar tables and the associated tables of logarithms it includes Tycho Brahe\'s catalog of 1,000 fixed stars, a chronological synopsis, and a list of geographical positions ... Kepler was an astronomer\'s astronomer. It was the astronomers who recognized the immense superiority of the Tabulae Rudolphinae. For the professionals the improvement in planetary predictions was a forceful testimony to the efficacy of the Copernican system\" (Sparrow). Based on Tycho Brahe\'s observations, the tables were then supplemented by Kepler\'s own observations. The calculations were a major mathematical achievement, as of course, Brahe\'s data applied erroneously to \"perfect\" circular orbits. Kepler had discovered the true elliptical shape of the planetary orbits, and thus, had to recalculate everything according to his new laws. The printing history of the book, during the 30 years\' war, is quite complex. There were 1000 copies printed in Ulm in 1627, with three known states, affecting the title and the first two gatherings. Some copies are known with a posthumously published world map, and some have a posthumous appendix - neither is present in this copy. \"In excusing the long delay in publication... [Kepler] mentioned in the preface [p. 6] not only the difficulties of obtaining his salary and of the wartime conditions but also \'the novelty of my discoveries and the unexpected transfer of the whole of astronomy from fictitious circles to natural causes, which were most profound to investigate, difficult to explain, and difficult to calculate, since mine was the first attempt\'\" (DSB). Caspar 79; Gingerich Johannes Kepler and the Rudolphine tables; Houzeau and Lancaster 12754; Lalande p 190; Norman 1208; Sparrow 116.

开普勒，约翰内斯。1571-1630. 鲁道夫的桌子被称为天文学，包括餐厅倒塌的时间。乌尔姆：乔纳斯·索，1627年。