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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.

Geographie physique, ou, Essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre
traduit de l'anglois par M. Noguez. Avec la reponse aux observations de M. le docteur Camerarius, plusieurs lettres ecrites sur la meme matiere; & la distribution methodique des fossiles / traduits de l'anglois du meme M. Wodward par le R. P. Niceron.
Voyages dans les Alpes, precedes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve.
Par Horace-Benedict de Saussure., v. 2 has imprint: Geneve, Barde, Manget & compagnie, 1786., v. 3-4 have imprint: Neuchatel, L. Fauche-Borel, 1796.
Voyages dans les Alpes, precedes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve.
Par Horace-Benedict de Saussure., v. 2 has imprint: Geneve, Barde, Manget & compagnie, 1786., v. 3-4 have imprint: Neuchatel, L. Fauche-Borel, 1796.
Geology lectures
Professor Guyot's Geology class lectures at Princeton. Also contains a guest lecture entitled "The six days of the creation" delivered on April 6, '60., by Prof. Guyot., Holograph., "N. Perry Jr.", Section headings and marginal notes in red ink; tables in blue ink; corrections to text in pencil., One pen-and-ink diagram; four pen-and-ink maps; five pen-and-ink illustrations.
Cosmographia Petri Apiani
per Gemmam Frisivm apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicū insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoq[ue]: locis aucta. Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis ipsius Gemmæ Frisii., Colophon: Excusum Antuerpiæ opera Aeg. Diesthemij. Anno à Christo humanæ salutis authore nato, 1545., On verso of last leaf, device (no. 2) of Grégoire de Bonte., Signatures: A-H, K-S⁴; sig. I reserved for map of the world., Leaves signed [Aiii]-[Siiii] are numbered 1-66., Title vignette; initials. Fol. 31-48 in double columns., Revolving diagrams on verso of l. 8 and 11, and on recto of l. 28 and 49., Libellus de locorum describendorvm ratione ... per Gemmam Frisivm: l. 51-57., Vsvs annvli astronomici. Gemma Frisio ... avtore: l. 58-64., For full description see Ortroy, Bibliographie de l'œuvre de Pierre Apian. 1902. no. 36.
L'usage des globes céleste et terrestre, et des sphères, suivant les différens systêmes du monde. Précédé d'un traité de cosmographie, où est expliqué avec ordre tout ce qu'il y a de plus curieux dans la description de l'univers, suivant les mémoires & ob
Accompagné des figures nécessaires ..., First edition, 1699., Includes errata., Signatures: aâ´ A-Z⸠2Aâ´., Head- and tail-pieces.
Voyages dans les Alpes, precedes d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve.
Par Horace-Benedict de Saussure., v. 2 has imprint: Geneve, Barde, Manget & compagnie, 1786., v. 3-4 have imprint: Neuchatel, L. Fauche-Borel, 1796.
Quinto frammento selenografico
del. prof. cav. Pompilio Decuppis, membro di varie accademi Francesi ed Italiane, ec. ec. ec., Illustration: Folded frontispiece., "Estratto dall'Album anno XVII." -- Title page.
Cosmographiae introdvctio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principijs ad eam rem necessarijs.
Author statement from Index Aureliensis pt. 1, v. 2, no. 106.424., Leaves printed on both sides., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: A-D⁸., Printer's device of Melchior Sessa on verso of final leaf., Woodcuts: t.p. ill., printer's device, ills., maps, initials., Running title: Rvdimenta cosmographiae., Abridgement of: Cosmographicus liber, 1524.
Geographia vniversalis, vetvs et nova
complectens Clavdii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Quorum primus noua translatione Pirckheimheri & accessione commentarioli illustrior quàm hactenus fuerit, redditus est. Reliqui cum graeco & alijs uetustis exemplaribus collati, in infinitis feré locis castigatiores facti sunt. Addita sunt insuper scholia ... Succedunt tabulae Ptolemaicae, opera Sebastiani Munsteri nouo paratae modo. His adiectae sunt plurimae nouae tabulae ... Vitimo annexum est compendium geographicae descriptionis, in quo uarij gentium & regionum ritus & mores explicantur. Praefixus est quoq uniuerso operi index memorabiliu populorum ciuitatum ... &c. Adiectae sunt huic posteriori editioni nouae quaedam tabulae., "Appendix geographica ... autore Sebastiano Munstero": p. 157-195.
Polyhistor.
Originally published under title: Iulii Solini De situ et memorabilibus orbis capitula. Venice, 1473., Consists of text, by Solinus and Mela, and commentary, by Sebastian Münster and Pedro Juan Oliver (the latter printed in italics)., Printer's device, signed: Palma Ising on t.p. and last page., Colophon: Basileæ apud Michaelem Ising. M. D. XLIII., Signatures: a⁶ [beta]⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-2F⁴ (a1 verso blank)., Initials, side notes., Text in columns., Page 175 misnumbered 157, 191 as 181., Plates (maps) unnumbered., Cf. Wagner, H.R. The cartography of the Northwest coast of America to the year 1800, v. 1: p. 9., Includes index., Contains life of Solinus, by Joannes Camers (p. [3-4], 1st group)., Text by Solinus covers p. [1]-144, 2nd group, 2 folded maps, with preface on p. [20], 1st group; text by Mela covers p. 147-229, with preface on p. [145]-146., Folded map accompanying p. 144 shows territory to the east of Asia marked "Terra incognita", considered to represent the Northwest coast of North America. Wagner (in discussing the 1538 edition), however, questions this opinion and holds that it might represent Japan instead. The text on p. 144 refers to it [in translation] as "... extreme coast, as has been explored in our time by men.", In ms. on t.p.: "Mattei Nevorij Pecciolensis"., Manuscript notations in margins., DeGolyer Collection bookplate., Publisher's name on t.p. marked out., Place of publication and printer in colophon marked out.
Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani De aeris transmvtationibvs libri IV : in quo opere diligenter pertractatur de ijs, quæ, vel ex aere, vel in aere oriuntur [meteōrologion] multiplices opiniones, qua illustrantur, qua refelluntur : demum variarum causæ muta
Title vignette (royal coat-of-arms); head and tail pieces; initials., Errata: p. [5] (3rd group).