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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.

Historia plantarum; species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primo de plantis in genere, earumque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis; deinde genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad speci
Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
Opere del famosissimo Nicolo Tartaglia cioè Quesiti, Trauagliata inuentione, Noua scientia, Ragionamenti sopra Archimede ...
Qvesiti, et inventioni diverse.--Della nova scientia.--Ragionamenti de Nicolo Tartaglia sopra la sua Travagliata Inventione.--Regola generale., Title vignette (device of C. Trajani di Navo); head and tail pieces; initials., Text in italics., Pages 125-286 (2nd group) misnumbered 123-284; numerous other pagination errors., "Qvesiti, et inventioni diverse", "Ragionamenti de Nicolò Tartaglia sopra la sua travagliata inventione", and "Regola generale" have half-titles with portrait of author., Brunet, V. 660., Grässe, VI, pt. 2, p. 30., NUC pre-56, NT 0044404., Manuscript notation in margin of [cop. 1] p. 170 (2nd group)., Bookstamp on inside front cover, cop. 2: "Ex libris George Sarton"., Provenance note on free front endpaper, cop. 2: "Firenze, OH.25 1919 George Sarton"., Imperfect: 4 preliminary leaves, including the collective t.p., and three plates wanting in cop. 2., In cop. 2 "Regola generale" is bound 2nd, followed by "Ragionamenti de Nicolo Tartaglia sopra la sua Travagliata Inventione" and "Della nova scienta".
Mathematical collections and translations.
t. 1, pt. 1. Galileus Galileus, his Systeme of the world -- II. Galileus, his epistle to the Grand Dutchesse mother concerning the authority of Holy Scripture in philosophical controversies -- III. Johannes Keplerus, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- IV. Didacus à Stunica, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- V. P.A. Foscarinus, his epistle to Father Fantonus, reconciling the authority of Scripture, and judgments of divines alledged against this system -- t. 1, pt. 2. D. Benedictus Castellus, his Discourse of the mensuration of running waters -- II. His Geometrical demonstrations of the measure of running waters -- III. His letters and considerations touching the draining of fenns, diversions of rivers, &c. -- IV. D. Corsinus, his relation of the state of the inundations, &c. in the territories of Bologna, and Ferrara -- t. 2, pt. 1. Galileus, his Mathematical discourses and demonstrations, touching two new sciences, pertaining to the mechanicks and local motions, with an appendix of the centre of gravity of some solids -- II Galileus, his Mechanicks, with some additionall pieces -- III. Rhenatus des Cartes, his Mechanicks, translated from the French manuscript -- IV. Archimedes, his tract De insidentibus humido, or Of the natation of bodies, with the notes and demonstrations of Nicholaus Tartalea and Federicus Commandinus -- V. Galileus, his Discourse of natation -- VI. Nicolaus Tartalea, his inventions for diving under water, raising of ships sunk, &c., T. 2, pt. 2, although advertised, was never published., Portrait of Salusbury inserted in t. 2., Treatises have separate title pages., On t.p. of t. 1, pt. 2 the words "The second tome. The second part" should read "The first tome. The second part.", The work was published in two volumes, 1661-1665. It is rarely found complete, as most of the copies of t. 2 were destroyed in the great fire of London., Flyleaf inscription: E Lib: Tho. Wo[...], Coll Jes: Alum: Cant: 1707 Sept: 7., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Strata identified by organized fossils, containing prints on colored paper of the most characteristic specimens in each stratum.
Bound with the author's Stratigraphical system of organized fossils. London, 1817.
Historia plantarum; species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primo de plantis in genere, earumque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis; deinde genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad speci
Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) magdeburgica de vacuo spatio primum a r. p. Gaspare Schotto ... nunc verò ab ipso auctore perfectiùs edita, variisque aliis experimentis aucta. Quibus accesserunt simul certa quaedam, de aeris pondere circa terram; de virtut
Added t.p. engraved.
Opuscoli morali
di Leon Batista Alberti ... ne' quali si contengono molti ammaestramenti, necessarij al viuer de l'huomo, cosi posto in dignità, come priuato ; tradotti, & parte corretti da M. Cosimo Bartoli., Includes errata., Numerous errors in paging., Title within allegorical woodcut border; initials., Includes index.
Light visible and invisible; a series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896
by Silvanus P. Thompson.
De historia stirpivm commentarij insignes
adiectis earundem viuis, & ad naturæ imitationem artificiose expressis imaginibus, Leonharto Fuchsio ... autore ... ; triplex item index, prior stirpium Latinas nomenclaturas, alter officinis & vulgò vsitatas, tertius gallicas dabit., Signatures: aa-bb (last leaf blank) a-z A-2H⁸., Portrait of author on verso of t.p., Initials., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes indexes., Some ill. partially colored., In ms. on t.p.: "Ioannis Baptistae forzani 1602.", Author's name defaced on t.p., Manuscript notations in margins.
Saggi di naturali esperienze
fatte nell'Accademia del cimento sotto la protezione del serenissimo principe Leopoldo di Toscana e descritte del segretario di essa Accademia., Dedication is dated: 14. luglio 1667, and signed: Il saggiato segretario [Lorenze Magalotti]., Engraved port. signed: Franciscus Spierre Lotaringus sculpebat., Includes errata., Title in red and black; engraved head and tail pieces; initials., Includes index.
De locis solidis secunda divinatio geometrica : in quinque libros iniuria temporum amissos Aristæi senioris geometræ
In quo de locis ordinationum conicarum limitibus pertractatur -- In quo loci ordinatarum potentium limites indicantur -- In quo loci variarum dispositionum limites assignantur., autore Vincentio Viviani ... opus conicum continens elementa tractatuum ejusdem Viviani, quibus tunc ipse multa, maxima, & abdita in mathesi theoremata demonstrare cogitaverat., Engravings by Giovanni Antonio Lorenzini., Title vignette., Head and tail pieces; initials; side notes., Liber primus begins with a list of definitions., Errata: p. 117-118 (3rd group)., Provenance note on t.p.: "Ambros. Khom A. 1877."
Historia plantarum; species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primo de plantis in genere, earumque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis; deinde genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad speci
Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.