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17th- or 18th-century calfskin cover with a view of the gold tooled spine label of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Typeset title page in red and black inks of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, with a large engraved coat of arms as a vignette in the bottom half of the page, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of Robert Hooke’s microscope at bottom right of page, with other parts of the apparatus in the top half of the page, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of views of flint crystals under a microscope, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of five views of snowflakes under a microscope, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of two views of cork under the magnification of a microscope, with a sample of the leaves of the cork plant at bottom, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of microscopic plant structures of mosses and ferns, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of microscopic views of three plant materials; the top and largest is a close up view of sea weed, the bottom left is rosemary, and the bottom right is fabric, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of a microscopic view of a stinging nettle at the top of the page, showing the thorns up close, with the fibers of a wild oak just below it and a device that uses it to detect changes in humidity; from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of the stinger of a bee on the right side of the page, showing the barbed spike that would difficult to displodge once it had penetrated the skin; from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of five poppy seeds enlarged under a microscope, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of the scales of a sole; at bottom is a circular view of about twenty scales arranged geometrically, at top is a close-up detailed view of just one scale; from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of the enlarged structures of a feather viewed under a microscope, showing the vanes with their interlocking barb-like structure, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of the head and composite eyes of a male drone-fly enlarged by a microscope, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of a blue fly enlarged by a microscope, showing the entire fly’s body on the right side facing upwards vertically and on the right an inner view of its wing, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of a gnat enlarged by a microscope, facing up towards the head of the page vertically, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of a flea enlarged by a microscope, facing up towards the right side of the page horizontally, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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Engraving of a louse from below enlarged by a microscope, facing up towards the head of the page vertically, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, NLM Call no.: WZ 250 H782m 1665.

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