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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.

Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations. In four parts.
Orbis caelestis typus
Opus a P. Coronelli, min. conventli., serenissimaeque Reipub. Venetae cosmographo, inchoatum, societatis Gallicae Sumptibus, absolutum, Lutetiae Parisiorum ; delin. Arnoldus Deuvez, regiae Acad. Pictor Reg. Chr. ; sculp. I. B. Nolin, calcographus., 24 gores and 2 polar calottes to make up a 42 inch (107 cm.) celestial globe., Gores for Coronelli's Celestial globe were printed in Paris by J. B. Nolin in 1693. This work is part of terrestrial and celestial gores set acquired by Mitchell Library in 1961., Jean Baptiste Nolin, a cartographer, was the engraver to the King of France; Arnold Deuvez painted the Nolin's globe., History of Science Collections map has only 9 gores.
The expression of the emotions in man and animals.
By Charles Darwin., Frreman: I, 281 part; II, 1142.
Trattato della pittvra di Lionardo da Vinci
nouamente dato in luce, con la vita dell'istesso autore, scritta da Rafaelle dv Fresne ; si sonogiunti i tre libri della pittura, & il trattato della statua di Leon Battista Alberti, con la vita del medesimo., Engraved half-title, with portrait. Title vignette; initials; head- and tail-pieces., Pages 27, 59, 60, 61, 62, 105 and 106 (3rd group) misnumbered as 21, 61, 62, 63, 64, 103, and 104 respectively; page 19 (6th group) misnumbered as 61., Alberti's Della pittura and Della statua translated by Cosimo Bartoli., Signatures: á⁴ é² ĭ⁴ A-I⁴ K-O⁴ P-Q² R³, á⁴ é² ĭ² a-h⁴., First edition., Book plate: Henricvs Liber Baro de Gvdenvs 1891., Book plate: Mostra di Leonardo-Davinci A-1939 Milano E-F-XVII., Includes bibliographical references.
Reliquiae diluvianae; or Observations on the organic remains contained in caves, fissures, and diluvial gravel, and on other geological phenomena, attesting the action of an universal deluge.
By the Rev. William Buckland.
Francisci de Verulamio, summi Angliae cancellarii. Instauratio magna. Multi pertransibunt & augebitur scientia.
First edition., Title-page engraved and illustrated, initials., Signatures: t.-p. (verso blank), [par.] , A-C, D-Ss, Tt, a-e., Pages 23-24 at end (sig. c, blank?) ; also last leaf e (blank) wanting., Errors: nos. 173-180 omitted in paging; 6 at end misprinted for 7., "Distribvtio operis. Eius constituuntur partes sex. 1. Partitiones scientiarum. 2. Nouum organum. 3. Phnomena vniuersi. 4. Scala intellectus. 5. Prodromi. 6. Philosophia secunda."--p. 15., Of the six parts, this edition contains only the 2d. part, the Nouum organum, followed by a sketch of the 3d part, which the author calls "Parasceve, ad historiam natvralem, et experimentalem", and a "Catalogvs historiarvm paricvlarivm, secundum capita". Works which represent the first and third part were published later; of the fourth and fifth parts only prefaces were written.
Sphera mundi nouit' recognita cu cometarijs & authorib' in hoc volumine cotetis vz.
Initials, printer's device on verso of last leaf., Includes contributions by Johannes Mueller Regiomontanus and Georg von Peurbach., Colophon: Venetijs impensis nobilis viri-dni Luce Antonij de Giuta Florentini. Die vltimo Junij. 1518., Errors in foliation: number 5 repeated and leaves 181-231, 233 misnumbered 201-251, 253., Signatures: A, B-Z, AA-FF, GG.
Strena, seu, de nive sexangula
Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology.
By the late Very Rev. William Buckland., Third edition., "List of Dr. Buckland's appointments and literary titles": v. 1, p. [lxxi]-lxxiii., "List of publications by the Very Rev. Dr. Buckland": v. 1, p. [xxv]-lxxxiii.
Procli De sphaera liber. Cleomedis De mvndo, siue Circularis inspectionis meteororum libri duo. Arati Solensis Phaenomena, siue Apparentia. Dionysii Afri Descriptio orbis habitabilis. Omnia grce & latine ita coniuncta, ut conferri ab utriusq; linguae stud
Procli Sphaera. Thoma Linacro Britano interprete.--Cleomedis Circularis inspectionis meteororum liber I[-II] Georgio Valla Placentino interprete.--Arati Solensis Apparentia.--In Arati Phaenomena aliquot annotatiunculae Ceporini.--Dionysii Habitabilis descriptio.--In Dionysii opvscvlvm De sitv orbis, aliquot annotatiunculae Ceporini.--Vita Procli ex Svida [graece]--Vita Arati [graece]--Vita Dionysii [ex Eustathio, graece], Edited by Marcus Hopper.
A familiar treatise on astronomy ...
By Jehoshaphat Aspin. Written expressly to accompany Urania's mirror, or, A view of the heavens; consisting of thirty-two cards ... designed by a lady., The 32 cards are in a box with title: Urania's mirror ...
Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis : quà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturæ & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi.
Monumenti syro-sinici interpretatio -- De variis itineribus in Chinam susceptis -- De idololatria ex Occidente primùm in Persidem, Indiam ac deindè in ultimas Orientis, Tartariæ, Chinæ, Japponiæ regiones successivâ propagatione introducta -- China curiosis naturæ & artis miraculis illustrata -- De architectonica cæterisque mechanicis artibus Sinensium -- De Sinensium literatura., Added t.-p., engraved., "Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero ... editorum": 2 p. at end., Signatures: *-**(superscript 4), A-Z(superscript 4), Aa-Hh(superscript 4)., Includes index., Text in Arabic, Latin, and Sanskrit.