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ROBERT HOOKE (1635-1702)
The Posthumous Works ... containing his Cutlerian Lectures, and other Discourses. Edited by Richard Waller. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1705. 2° (323 x 205mm). Title printed in red and black. 15 engraved plates, of which 6 folding. (Title soiled, washed and repaired, light creasing and soiling with a few very minor marginal tears to dedication and 'to the Reader' leaf, light browning and staining to text, the plates clean and fresh.). Modern binding of panelled calf preserving original lower cover, contemporary upper cover supplied and recently tooled to match (rebacked and recornered).
FIRST EDITION. Edited by Richard Waller, Hooke's Posthumous Works includes his major contribution to geology, entitled 'Lectures and discourses on earthquakes'. Waller's biography of Hooke comprising the preface to the work is one the best contemporary sources for his life. Keynes Hooke 25; Wellcome III, p.297; Norman 1101.
The Posthumous Works ... containing his Cutlerian Lectures, and other Discourses. Edited by Richard Waller. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1705. 2° (323 x 205mm). Title printed in red and black. 15 engraved plates, of which 6 folding. (Title soiled, washed and repaired, light creasing and soiling with a few very minor marginal tears to dedication and 'to the Reader' leaf, light browning and staining to text, the plates clean and fresh.). Modern binding of panelled calf preserving original lower cover, contemporary upper cover supplied and recently tooled to match (rebacked and recornered).
FIRST EDITION. Edited by Richard Waller, Hooke's Posthumous Works includes his major contribution to geology, entitled 'Lectures and discourses on earthquakes'. Waller's biography of Hooke comprising the preface to the work is one the best contemporary sources for his life. Keynes Hooke 25; Wellcome III, p.297; Norman 1101.