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Description (dc): 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.

: 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.

: Heronis mechanici Liber de machinis bellicis : necnon Liber de geodaesia; a Francisco Barocio ... latinitate donati, multis mendis expurgati, & figuris, ac scholijs illustrati., Traditionally attributed to Hero of Alexandria; later research identifies author as Hero, of Byzantium, also known as Hero mechanicus and Hero tertius. Cf. Dain, A. La tradition du texte d'Heron de Byzance., Title vignette, head-pieces, initials.

: 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.

: Opticae thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis libri septem; nunc primùm editi ; eiusdem liber De crepusculis & nubium ascensionibus ; item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri x / omnes instaurati, figuris illustrati & aucti, adiectis etiam in Alhazenum commentarijs, à Federico Risnero., De crepusculis et nubium ascensionibus, the original of which is lost, is probably not by Alhazen but by Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muʻādh al-Jayyānī; cf. Sabra, A.I. "The authorship of the Liber de crepusculis," Isis, v. 58 (1967) p. 77ff., Title vignette: Episcopius' device; a different device of Episcopius on verso of last leaf., Includes errata., Imprint from colophon: Basileae : Ex Officina Episcopiana, Per Eusebius Episcopium, & Nicolai F. Hæredes, Anno M.D.LXXII, Mense Augusto., Book plate: From the books of A.E.N. da C. Andrade, Fellow of the Royal Society.