HOOKE, Robert (1635-1702). The Posthumous Works ... containing his Cutlerian Lectures, and other Discourses . Edited by Richard Waller London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1705. 2 o (323 x 198 mm). Title printed in red and black. 15 engraved plates, some folding (a few small repairs). (Some very minor spotting, a few single wormholes on some inner margins, catching a few letters and plate images.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (rebacked to match). Provenance : John Campbell (engraved armorial bookplate). 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.
HOOKE, Robert (1635-1702). The Posthumous Works ... containing his Cutlerian Lectures, and other Discourses . Edited by Richard Waller London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1705. 2 o (323 x 198 mm). Title printed in red and black. 15 engraved plates, some folding (a few small repairs). (Some very minor spotting, a few single wormholes on some inner margins, catching a few letters and plate images.) Contemporary speckled calf gilt (rebacked to match). Provenance : John Campbell (engraved armorial bookplate). 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.
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