HOOKE, ROBERT. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries therupon. London: Printed by John Martyn and James Allestry 1655. Folio, 292 x 189mm. (11 1/2 x 7 7/16in.), contemporary calf, spine in six compartments, red morocco gilt-lettered label in one, a single ornament and gilt fillet in the rest, upper joint with 2-inch split at top and 3 1/2-inch split at bottom, both corners of lower cover bumped, 6 folding plates with tears, one of them (to pl. 35) long and repaired, the others less severe and three repaired, sporadic marginal dampstains. FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with engraved armorial vignette of the Royal Society, 38 engraved plates (23 folding or double-page) probably by Hooke with the possible aid of Sir Christopher Wren, imprimatur leaf at front. Dibner Heralds of Science 187; Grolier/Horblit 50; Honeyman sale IV 1692; Keynes Hooke 6; Norman 1092; PMM 147; Wing H-2620.