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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.

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements
I. Introduction and books I, II.--II. Books III-IX.--III. Books X-XIII and appendix., tr. from the text of Heiberg, with introduction and commentary by T.L. Heath.
Aristarchi De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis, et lunae, liber
cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam ; a' Federico Commandino vrbinate in latinum conuersus, ac commentarijs illustratus., "Cum priuilegio pont. max. in annos X.", Title vignette: publisher's device. Initials.
Elements.
Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.
Elements.
Title from: Incipit leaf [1]b., Books 1-13 are by Euclid; book 14 is by Hypsicles (2nd cent. B.C.); book 15 by a student of Isidore of Miletus (6th-7th cent.). Cf. Dict. of Scientific Biog.; Oxford Classical Dict., 2nd ed., p. 413., Leaf 137b colophon: Opus elementorũ Euclidis Megarensis in geometriã artẽ in id quo[que] Campani p[re]spicacissimi cõmentationes finũit ..., Signatures: a¹⁰ b-r⁸., 46 lines to a full page., Leaf [138] blank., Leaf a2: initial and border on 3 sides illuminated; title printed in red.
Opera
Archimedis Syracvsani philosophi et mathematici ingeniosissimi, per Nicolaum Tartaleam ... multis erroribus emendata ..., Imprint from colophon.
Works.
ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata : quibus & methodus & doctrinæ summa breuiter & perspicuè indicatur. Eiusdem annotationes in quosdam suæ illius interpretationis locos ; Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, & multorum contextus græci emendatio., Printer's mark on t.p. of t.1., First four words of title transliterated from the Greek., Greek and Latin in parallel columns., T. 2 and 3 have half-title only., T. 2 and 3 bound together., Head- and tail-pieces., Handwritten notes throughout text., Includes index.
Klaudiou Ptolemaiou harmoniko vivlia iii Klaudii Ptolemi Harmonicorum libri tres.
Ex cod. mss. vndecim, nunc primum grce editus. Johannes Wallis ... recensuit, edidit, versione & notis illustravit, & auctarium adjecit., Title vignette., Appendix: De veterum harmonica ad Hodiernam comparata: p. 281-328.
Eis tēn Tetrabiblon tou Ptolemaiou exēgētēs anōnumos = In Clavdii Ptolemæi Qvadripartitvm enarrator ignoti nominis, quem tamen Proclvm fuisse quidam existimant
item Porphuriou philosophou eisagōgē eis tēn apotelesmatikēn to Ptolemaiō ; Porphyrii Philosophi introductio in Ptolemæi opus de effectibus astrorum ; praeterea Hermetis Philosphi De revolvtionibvs natiuitatum libri duo, incerto interprete., The commentaries, or introductions to Tetrabiblon or Quadripartitum by Claudius Ptolemy, attributed to Proclus and Porphyry, were printed in Greek and Latin in Basle, 1559. Cf. W. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology., An Introduction to the Tetrabiblon of Ptolemy is attributed by some to Porphyry, by others to Antiochus., Title in Greek and Latin., Signatures: a-b⁶ A-R⁶ 2A-2E⁶ 2F⁸., Imprint from colophon., Initials; side notes; printer's device on p. [1] at end., Printed in parallel columns in Greek and Latin., Page 207 misnumbered 217 and numerous other pagination errors., Includes index., Errata on p. [23] at the beginning., Bookplate on t.p.: "Bibliothecæ Romagnoli, Cæsenæ Via S. Zenonis".
Hippocratis coi Opera qvae extant Graece et Latine veterum codicum collatione restituta
nouo ordine in quattuor classes digesta, interpretationis Latin emendatione, & scholijs illustrata, a Hieron. Mercvriali., Each volume has special title page., Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
De materia medica.
Leaf [1]: Pedacii Dioscoridis De medicinali materia. Lib. primus [-nonus] Io. Rvellio interprete ..., First preliminary leaf: Index vocvm ferè omnium quæ passim in corollariis Hermolai Barbari, annotationibus M. Verg. ipsiusq[ue] Dioscoridis simplicium descriptione continentur., Text in Greek and Latin., Includes index., Imprint from colophon., Bookplate of Christopher and Lady Sophia Tower.
Aristarchi De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis, et lunae, liber
cum Pappi Alexandrini explicationibus quibusdam ; a' Federico Commandino vrbinate in latinum conuersus, ac commentarijs illustratus., "Cum priuilegio pont. max. in annos X.", Title vignette: publisher's device. Initials.
Epytoma Joa[n]nis de Mo[n]te Regio in Almagestu[m] Ptolomei.
Begun by Georg von Peurbach, completed by Joannes Regiomontanus., Edited by Giovanni Abiosi., Full page woodcut on signature a3 verso showing planisphere crossed by the signs of the zodiac, with the figures of Ptolemy and Regiomontanus., Caption title: Cl. Ptolemei alexandrini Astronomo[rum] principia ... id est in Magnam Constructione[m]: Georgij purbachij: eiusq[ue] discipuli Johannis de Regio monte Astronomicon Epitoma., Place of publication and date taken from p. [3] (2nd group) verso., P. [11]-[12] are placed after p. [4].