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  Plate XIII: Artist study of partially nude woman

  • Part of Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming

  • 1685 (date of publication)

  Engraved artist study of a partially nude female draped in cloth. She gestures with her left hand.

  The most popular of William Salmon's numerous books, the title page refers to 25 plates within whereas other copies…

  • Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
  • Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
  • Subject Art metal-work, Drawing--Technique, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Portrait painting--Technique, Beauty, Personal, Painting--Technique, Art--Early works to 1800
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  Plate XIX: Landscape with waterfall and ruins

  • Part of Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming

  • 1685 (date of publication)

  Engraved plate depicts a landscape scene with a waterfall and ruins. People walk amongst the ruins and birds dot the sky.

  The most popular of William Salmon's numerous books, the title page refers to 25 plates within…

  • Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
  • Engraver Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698
  • Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
  • Subject Art metal-work, Drawing--Technique, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Painting--Technique, Art--Early works to 1800, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698
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  Plate II: Artist study of male heads and female head/torso

  • Part of Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming

  • 1685 (date of publication)

  Engraved artist study of male heads as well as a female head and torso.

  The most popular of William Salmon's numerous books, the title page refers to 25 plates within whereas other copies are also missing plates 3 and…

  • Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
  • Engraver Sherwin, William
  • Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
  • Subject Art metal-work, Drawing--Technique, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Portrait painting--Technique, Beauty, Personal, Painting--Technique, Sherwin, William, Art--Early works to 1800
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  Portrait of William Salmon

  • Part of Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming

  • 1671 (date of portrait plate)
  • 1685 (date of publication)

  Engraved portrait frontispiece of author William Salmon depicts the bust of Salmon inside a vignetted frame that reads in Latin "Ætatis SuÆ 26 Anno 1670 Guilielmus Salmon Medicinae Professor," which roughly translates…

  • Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
  • Engraver Sherwin, William
  • Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
  • Subject Art metal-work, Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800, Drawing--Technique, Palmistry, Materia medica--Early works to 1800, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Workshop recipes, Perfumes, Dyes and dyeing, Portrait painting--Technique, Formulas, recipes, etc.--Early works to 1800, Painting--Technique, Cosmetics, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Medicine, Popular, Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Herbs, Beauty, Personal, Sherwin, William, Art--Early works to 1800, Herbals
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  Plate IV: Artist study of facial features

  • Part of Polygraphice, or, the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Gilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying and Perfuming

  • 1685 (date of publication)

  Engraved artist study of facial features including a side profile of the face along with details of eyes, nose, mouth, chin and ears.

  The most popular of William Salmon's numerous books, the title page refers to 25…

  • Author Salmon, William, 1644-1713
  • Engraver Sherwin, William
  • Publisher Printed for Thomas Passinger at the Three Bibles on London Bridge and Thomas Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Brittain
  • Subject Art metal-work, Drawing--Technique, Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Portrait painting--Technique, Beauty, Personal, Painting--Technique, Sherwin, William, Art--Early works to 1800
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  Museum Wormianum

  • 1655

  This work contains a detailed description of the natural history cabinet created by the Danish scientist Ole Worm. The text is divided into four books, the first three dealing with minerals, the plant and animal…

  • Artist Mander, Carel van, 1548-1606
  • Author Worm, Ole, 1588-1654
  • Editor Worm, Villum
  • Engraver Wingendorp, G.
  • Printer Elzevir, Jean, 1622-1661
  • Subject Worm, Villum, Natural history--Catalogs and collections, Worm, Ole, 1588-1654, Natural history museums, Collectors and collecting, Museums
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  Microscopic view of a tuft'd [tufted] or brush-horned gnat

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engraving of a tuft'd [tufted] or brush-horned gnat from Schem. 28 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Gnats, Insects, Magnifying glasses
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  Microscopic view of flint or steel

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engraving from Schem. 5 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Flint, Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Magnifying glasses
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  Microscopic view of seeds of thyme

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 18 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Seeds, Thymes, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Herbs, Scientific illustration, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of leaves and molds

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 12 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Molds (Fungi), Plants, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Natural history, Microscopes
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  Diagrams from observation of colors visible in Muscovy glass and other thin bodies

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. VI of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Muscovite--Analysis, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Color, Muscovite, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of a flea

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engraving of a flea from Schem. 34 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Fleas, Insects, Magnifying glasses
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  Telescopic view of moon and stars

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 38 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Lunar surface, Telescopes, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Stars, Scientific illustration, Moon
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  Diagrams of microscope and assorted optical instruments and devices

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 1 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of assorted glass canes and drops

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 4 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Glass, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of fish scales

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 21 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Scales (Fishes), Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of assorted feathers

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 22 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Feathers, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of a water-insect or gnat

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings of a water-insect or gnat from Schem. 27 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Gnats, Insects, Magnifying glasses
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  Microscopic view of cork and sprouts

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 11 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Cork, Sprouts, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of mites and book-worms

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 33 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Book-worms, Mites, Insects, Magnifying glasses
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  Diagram of experiments to study inflection and refraction

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 37 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of an ant or pismire

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engraving of an ant or pismire from Schem. 32 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Ants, Insects, Magnifying glasses
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  Microscopic view of Kettering-stone, sea moss, and sponge

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 9 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Marine algae, Bryozoa, Magnifying glasses
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  Microscopic view of several kinds of frozen figures

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 8 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Allestry, J., Martyn, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Magnifying glasses, Snowflakes, Ice, Urine, Microscopes
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  Microscopic view of mites

  • Part of Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

  • 1665

  Engravings from Schem. 36 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon.…

  • Author Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
  • Printer Martyn, J., Allestry, J.
  • Subject Scientific illustration, Natural history, Microscopy, Microscopes, Mites, Insects, Magnifying glasses