Shelfmark
Gb.4.01(07)
Author
Title
A description of helioscopes, and some other instruments made by Robert Hooke, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by T.R. for John Martyn Printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1676.
Physical description
[4], 32p [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to.
Note
"This was the third Cutlerian Lecture to be printed and is headed Numb. 3 on page 1."--G. Keynes, Bibliography of Robert Hooke, p. 36.
Note
The first leaf is blank.
Note
Lacking the first blank leaf.
Note
Headpiece, initial.
Note
Signatures: [A]² B-E4 (first leaf blank).
Note
"Appendix: Concerning the eclipse of the moon, observed in London:" p. 23-26.
Note
Postscript is claim against Huygens as first inventor of watch spring: p. 26-32.
With note
[Bound with:] Philosophical collections... (1679-1682), Hooke, R. Lampas... (1677), Hooke, R. Lectures and collections... (1678), Hooke, R. Lectures de potentia restitutiva... (1678), Hooke, R. An attempt to prove... (1674), Hooke, R. Animadversions on the first part... (1674) and Wallis, J. A discourse of gravity... (1675).
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), H2614; Keynes, G. Bibliography of Robert Hooke, 19; ESTC R16365
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton in 1754.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College, dated 1935.
Binding
18th-century brown mottled calf; five raised bands; red spine label; spine title: "Hook's mathematic collection".
Subject
Astronomical instruments Early works to 1800.
Subject
Science Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sun Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Roycroft, Thomas, ? - d. 1677 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B18562