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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".
Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare.
Bound with the author's Difesa di Galileo. Venetia, 1607.
De stella nova in pede Serpentarii
et qui sub ejus exortum de novo iniit, trigono igneo. Libellus astronomicis, physicis, metaphysicus, meteorologicis & astrologicis disputationibus ... plenus. Accesserunt I. De stella incognita Cygni: narratio astronomica. II. De Jesv Christi Servatoris vero anno natalitio, consideratio novissim sententi Lavrentii Svslyg Poloni, quatuor annos in usitata epocha desiderantis., Parts [2]-[4] each have special t.-p.; part [1]-[3] paged continuously., Part [3] has imprint: Francofvrti, 1606; part [4] has imprint: Francofvrti, W. Richteri, 1606., Signatures: )?(A-CcDdA-E(E blank)
Sphaera mundi.
Signatures: A-L⁸ (H3 missigned H5)., Title vignette; head pieces; initials; side notes., Includes also "Expositio XXII ex libro tertio Epitomæ Ioannis de Regio monte in Almagestum Ptolemæi" (p. 104-105), "Ex Alfrag. De Ortv et occasv planetarvm, & de occultationibus eorum sub radiis Solis. Differ. 24" (p. 105-108), "De ortv poetico, hoc est, exempla ortus & occasus stellarum fixarum, ex variis auctoribus collecta ..." (p. 108-129) and "De eclipsibvs ex Proclo" (p. 169-174)., Imperfect? Wanting last leaf?
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.
In sphaeram Ioannes de Sacro Bosco.
Title printed in red and black., Numerous paging errors., Woodcut illus. (some full-page) and diagrams; illus. of astronomical globe on t.p. repeated on p. 24., American reference: p. 134 (map) and p. 135., Side notes., Initials; tail piece., Text and side notes within double line borders., Includes index., Backer, II, 1212-1213., Shaaber, British authors printed abroad in languages other than English, to 1641, no. 440., Lalande, Bibliographie astronomique 1781-1802, p. 144., Houzeau, Vade-mecum de l'astronome, sect. 62, no. 658.