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OU Libraries’ History of Science digital collection began with several hundred 15th- through 18th-century rare books, maps, and other items digitized for the 2015-2016 Galileo’s World exhibition. They range from art, music, astronomy, and meteorology through natural history, the human body, microscopy, physics, and engineering, and on to religion and travels to China and the Americas. All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain. When using images from this collection, please include the following attribution statement: Image(s) courtesy History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, Oklahoma.

De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes, maximis impensis et vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis
Leonharto Fvchsio ... autore ... Accessit ... ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio. Vna cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit., Col. title vignette.
L'atmosphère; météorologie populaire;
ouvrage contenant quinze planches tirées en chromotypographie, deuz cartes en couleur et trois cent sept figures insérées dans le texte., Published also under titles: L'atmosphère : descriptions des grands phénomènes de la nature; and L'atmosphère et les grands phénomènes de la nature., "Appendice": p. [787]-804.
A theatre of politicall flying-insects. Wherein especially the nature, the vvorth, the vvork, the wonder and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described.
Together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning them. And in a second part are annexed meditations, and observations theological and moral, in three centuries upon that subject. By Samuel Purchas.
Tractatus De sphæra, De spiritalibus, et De geometria practica
Handwritten and hand illustrated manuscript of the lectures of professor Orazio Grassi, who taught astronomy and mathematics at the Jesuit Collegio Romano, which was written by one of his students., ex. R.P. Horatio Grassio, Societatis Iesu., "In Collegio Romano ex Bdo. P. Horatio Grassio. Societatis Iesu Die ii Iuni, 1623"--P. [56]., Holograph in black ink with hand drawn illustrations also in black ink., Title in red and black in triple border., Text is divided into four sections with caption titles., Sections on geometry and hydraulics have problems sets illustrated with ink sketch diagrams or landscapes., There is a maximum of twenty-three lines of text per page and blank pages show the use of a mechanical device or blind rule to assist the writer in making even and consistent lines., In slipcase.
Trattato del radio latino, istrvmento givstissimo & facile piu d'ogn' altro per prendere qual si voglia misura, & positione di luogo, tanto in cielo, come in terra. Il qvale oltre alle operationi proprie sue fa anco tutte quelle della gran regola di C. To
Inventato dall' ill.mo et eccell.mo signor Latino Orsini., "Scritto gia dall' autore dall' istrumento ... con alcune mie annotationi."--Prefatory note "A' lettori. Frate Egnatio Danti.", Title vignette (type ornament)., Initials., Side notes., Errata: p. [7] first group., Manuscript notes in margins., In ms. on t.p.: "Cavazza"., Riccardi I, 393/8., Boffito, p. 92, no. 36.
Historia naturalis et medica latorum lumbricorum
accessit, horum occasione, de ceteris quoque hominum vermibus, tum de omnium origine, tandemque de remediis quibus pelli possint, disquisitio., Includes errata., Title in red and black., Signatures: [sec.]-2 [sec.]⁴ A-3L⁴., Head- and tail-pieces., Title vignette (publisher's device)., Includes bibliographical references.
Commentarius in Ruzname Naurus sive, Tabulæ æquinoctiales novi Persarum & Turcarum anni. Nunc primum editæ è bibliotheca Georgii Hieronymi Velschii cujus accedit dissertatio, de earundem usu.
Ornamental initials; head and tail pieces., Title vignette., Page 58 (2nd group) misnumbered 57., Engraved frontispiece., Includes index.
Nicolai Stenosis Observationes anatomicae, quibus varia oris, oculorum, & narium vasa describuntur novique salivae, lacrymarum & muci fontes deteguntur, et novum nobilissimi Bilsii de lymphae motu & usu commentum examinatur & rejicitur.
Parts have half t.p., Plate "pag 41" bound at p. 14. Explanation at p. 41., "... Responsio ad vindicias hepatis redivivi, qua tela, quae in praesidem celeberr. Dn. Johannem van Horne, direxerat Clar. Antonius Deusingius, a thesium authore excipiuntur, & evenida ostenduntur": p. [55]-78., With: Horne, Johannes van. Mikrokosmos. Lugduni Batavorum, J.Chouët, 1662.
Tyrocinia astronomica
Balthesaris Capræ., "In quibus non solum calculus eclipsis solaris, ab astronomo magno Tychone Brahe restitutus clarissimè explicatur; sed etiam facillima methodus erigendi, & dirigendi cœleste thema ad ipsius Ptolemai mentem traditur.", Numbering on one side of leaf only, but text on both sides., Signatures: A-C⁴ D²., Head- and tail-pieces.
L'atmosphère; météorologie populaire;
ouvrage contenant quinze planches tirées en chromotypographie, deuz cartes en couleur et trois cent sept figures insérées dans le texte., Published also under titles: L'atmosphère : descriptions des grands phénomènes de la nature; and L'atmosphère et les grands phénomènes de la nature., "Appendice": p. [787]-804.
Clavdii Ptolemi Pelvsiensis Alexandrini Omnia, qvae extant, opera, Geographia excepta, quam seorsim quoq[que] hac forma impressimus.
Magn compositionis libri a Georgio Trapezuntio e grco conuersi. [Gavrici addictiones]--Procli Diadochi Hypotyposis astronomicarvm positionum, Georgio Valla Placentino interprete.--Clavdii Ptolemi ... operis libri quatuor, in quibus de iudicijs disseritur, ad Syrum, Ioachimo Camerario interprete.--Cl. Ptolemi Centvm dicta, sive frvctvs librorum suorum.--Inerrantium stellarum significationes per Nicolaum Leonicum e grco translat.
Tavola perpetua per l'anno secondo dopo il bisestile : del mezzo giorno, della mezza notte, e del levare del sole per la città di Lucca, formata secondo la sua altezza del polo di gradi 43. e 52.
dall'abate Gio: Francesco Giusti ; secondo l'orologio italiano., Consists entirely of tables., Title vignette.