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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.

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".
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.
Guilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis. De mundo nostro sublunari philosophia nova. Opus posthumum
ab authoris fratre collectum pridem & dispositum, nunc ex duobus mss. codicibus editum. Ex museio viri perillustris Guilielmi Boswelli., Title vignette: printer's device., Edited by Isaac Gruterus.
A discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither. Unto which is added, A discourse concerning a new planet,
By John Wilkins., "A discourse concerning a new planet" has separate title page., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes bibliographical references.
A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons, exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spirituous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles empl
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.
De la pirotechnia. Libri .x. dove ampiamente si tratta non solo di ogni sorte & diuersita di miniere, ma anchora quanto si ricerca intorno a la prattica di quelle cose di quel che si appartiene a l'arte de la fusione ouer gitto de metalli come d'ogni altr
Colophon: Stampata in Venetia per Venturino Roffinello. Ad instantia di Curtio Nauo. & fratelli. Del M.CCCCC.XL., Signatures: *, A-X (last leaf blank), Title within ornamental border; initials., On verso of t.-p.: Dedication "al molto magnifico m. Bernardino di Moncelesi da Salo, Cvrtio Navo"; followed by publisher's device (rampant lion in center with springing lion on top of shield held by "Scipion" and "Fabio") below which is lettered "per Cvrtio Navo et fratelli. Al Segno del lion"., First edition.
Almagestum novum astronomiam veterem novamque complectens observationibus aliorum, et propriis nouisque theorematibus, problematibus, ac tabulis promotam, in tres tomos distributam.
No more published., "Chronicon dvplex astronomrvm, vel astrologorvm, cosmographorvm, avt polyhistirvm, qui astronomica, vel cosmographica propius attigerunt. I. pars. Ordine temporum constructa. Pars II. Ordine alphabetico et ampliori ervditione digesta": v. 1, p. xxvi-xlvii., "Epitome genealogiae Grimaldae gentis": v. 2, p. [i]-ix.
A discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse concerning the probability of a passage thither. Unto which is added, A discourse concerning a new planet,
By John Wilkins., "A discourse concerning a new planet" has separate title page., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes bibliographical references.
The theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things.
v. 1. The two first books, Concerning the Deluge, and Concerning Paradise.--v. 2. The two last books, Concerning the burning of the world, and Concerning the new heavens and new earth., Engraved half-titles., Dedication signed: Thomas Burnet., In four books; second and fourth book each have special t.-p., Published first in Latin, with title: Telluris theoria sacra, 1681-89., "Review of the Theory of the earth," with special title-page and separate paging, bound at end of [v. 2]
Naturhistorische Alpenreise.
Vorgelesen der Naturforschenden gesellschaft in Solothurn., Added t.-p., engr.
Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II, gran dvca di Toscana, intorno alle cose, che stanno in su l'acqua, o che in quella si muouono.
Printer's device on recto of leaf at end.