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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.

De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes, maximis impensis et vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis
Leonharto Fvchsio ... autore ... Accessit ... ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio. Vna cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit., Col. title vignette.
De historia stirpivm commentarij insignes
adiectis earundem viuis, & ad naturæ imitationem artificiose expressis imaginibus, Leonharto Fuchsio ... autore ... ; triplex item index, prior stirpium Latinas nomenclaturas, alter officinis & vulgò vsitatas, tertius gallicas dabit., Signatures: aa-bb (last leaf blank) a-z A-2H⁸., Portrait of author on verso of t.p., Initials., Side notes., Numerous pagination errors., Includes indexes., Some ill. partially colored., In ms. on t.p.: "Ioannis Baptistae forzani 1602.", Author's name defaced on t.p., Manuscript notations in margins.
Naturalis historia.
Title from caption of Book I (folio 2b); book II has caption ti. (folio 18a): C. Plinii Secvndi Natvralis historiae liber secvndus inci[pit]., Edition attributed to Philippus Beroaldus by Goff only., Imprint from colophon (folio 352b) with date: ... Anno Natiutatis Domini. M.CCCC.LXXXIII. Die Sexta Mensis Iunii., Spaces left for initials generally have guide-letter., Running titles., Caption title (sig. aaiii verso): Caii plynii secvndi natvralis hystoriae liber primvs., "Correctiones" and "Registrvm hvivs operis": last 3 leaves., Manuscript notations in margins.
Theatrum botanicvm : the theater of plants, or, An herball of a large extent, containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new,
collected by John Parkinson., Includes indexes., Errors in pagination: 132-133 repeated; 142-143, 1653-1662 omitted; p. 311, 314, 608, 729, incorrectly numbered 310, 318, 908, 727; text is continuous.
Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII. qvibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissime describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis appellationibus ita ob
Printer's mark on t.-p., Publisher from colophon.
The herball : or, Generall historie of plantes
Epistle Dedicatorie [to Sir William Cecil, baron Burghley]--[Commendatory verse and prose, mainly in Latin]--To the courteous and well-willing Readers.--First booke of the Historie of Plants, containing Grasses, Rushes, Corne, Flags, Bulbose, or Onion-rooted Plants.--Second booke ... Containing the description, place, time, names, nature, and vertues of all sorts of herbs for meate, medicine, or sweete smelling vse, etc.--Third booke ... Containing Trees, Shrubs, bushes, Fruit-bearing plants, Rosins, Gums, Roses, Heath, Mosses: some Indian plants, and other rare plants ... Also Mushrooms, Corall, and their seuerall kindes, etc.--Index latinvs ... stirpivm.--Index nominum Herbarum, quibus Pharmacopolarum officinae, Barbari & Arabes vtuntur.--Nominvm/et opiniovin harmonia et consensus.--Table of the English names.--Supplement or appendix vnto the general Table, and to the Tables of English names: gathered.--Table, wherein is contained the Nature, Vertue, and Danger of all the Herbes, Trees and Plants., gathered by John Gerarde of London Master in Chirvrgerie., Colophon: Imprinted at London by Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, M.D.XCVII., Title, within elaborate engraved border, coat of arms of Lord Burghley on verso. Full page portaita of author facing p. 1, dated 1598., Signatures: (A4), B, Xxx, Aaaa-Tttt., Title page, illus. and initials colored by hand.
Georgii Agricolae De re metallica libri XII. qvibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia deni ad metallicam spectantia, non modo luculentissime describuntur, sed & per effigies, suis locis insertas, adiunctis latinis, germanicis appellationibus ita ob
Printer's mark on t.-p., Publisher from colophon.
Phytobasanos : sive, Plantarum aliquot historia in qua describuntur diversi generis plantæ veriores, ac magis facie, viribúsque respondentes antiquorum Theophrasti, Dioscoridis, Plinij, Galeni, aliorúmque delineationibus, ab alijs hucusque non animaduersæ
Fabio Columna auctore ; accessit etiam Piscium aliquot, Plantarúmque nouarum historia eodem auctore ..., Title transliterated., The illustrations are full-page etchings by the author, each within type ornament border., Signatures: [paragraph symbol]-[double paragraph symbol]⁴ A-I⁴ K-P⁴ a-d⁴, a⁴., Tail-pieces., Includes errata., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Micrographia.
An abridgment of the author's Micrographia, attributed by Keynes to Henry Baker; the plates are largely those of the original edition of 1665, with some omitted and some copied (as explained in the preface); additional captions have been added and plate numbers changed to conform to the abridgement., Signatures: [A]₂ B-R₂ [S]-[T]₂., P. [2], [7]-[8] (third sequence) blank., Title vignette; tail-pieces; horizontal chain lines., Errata: p. 65., Includes index.
Caroli Clvsii Atrebatis ... Exoticorvm libri decem: quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumq́ue peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur :
Caroli Clvsi Exoticorvm liber primvs [-sextvs].--Aromatvm et simplicivm aliqvot medicamentorvm apud Indos nascentium historia ... conscripta à D. Garçia ab Horto ... deinde latino sermone in epitomen contrata ... à Carolo Clvsio ... 5. ed., castigatior & multis locis auctior.--Aromatvm et medicamentorvm in Orientali India nascentium historia ... auctore Christophoro à Costa ... Caroli autem Clvsi operâ ex hispanico sermone latina facta ... 3. ed., castigatior et auctior.--Simplicivm medicamentorvm ex Novo orbe delatorum, quorum in medicina usus est, historia, hispanico semone tribus libris descripta à D. Nicolao Monardo ... latio deinde donata ... à Carolo Clvsio ... 4. ed., auctior & castigatior ex postremâ auctoris recognitione.--Avctarivm ad Exoticorum libros Caroli Clvsi. 357-378, [8] p., 1].--Nicolai Monardi ... libri tres, magna medicinæ secreta et varia experimenta continentes ... hispanico semone consripti, nunc ... latio donati à Carolo Clvsio.--Altera appendix ad rariorum plantarum historiam Caroli Clvsi.--Petri Bellonii ... Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Græcia, Asia, Ægypto, Iudæa, Arabia, aliisque exteris provinciis ab ipso conspectarum observationes tribus libris expressæ. Carolvs Clvsivs ... è gallicis latinas faciebat, & denuó recensebat. 2. ed., longe castigatior (with special t.p.).--Petri Bellonii ... de neglecta plantarum cultura, atque earum cognitione libellus ... Carolvs Clvsivs ... è gallico latinum faciebat, & nunc denuo recensebat., item Petri Bellonii observationes, eodem Carolo Clusio interprete. Series totius operis post praefationem indicabitur., Engraved t.-p., Various pagings.
[Opera omnia.]
v.1 De qvadrvpedibvs solidipedibvs volvmen integrvm. 1639 [colophon: 1648] -- v.2 De qvadrvpedib'. digitatis viviparis libri tres et De qvadrvpedib' digitatis oviparis libri dvo. 1645 [colophon: 1663] -- v.3 Serpentvm, et draconv̄ historiæ libri dvo. 1640 -- v.4 De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor. 1642 [colophon: 1654] -- v.5 De piscibvs libri V. et de cetis lib. vnvs. 1638 [colophon: 1661] -- v.6 De animalibvs insectis libri septem. 1638 -- v.7 Monstrorvm historia. 1642 ; Paralipomena accvratissima historiæ omnivm animalivm / Bartholoḿæs Ambrosinvs. 1657 [colophon: 1658] -- v.8 Dendrologiæ natvralis scilicet arborvm historiæ libri dvo. 1668 [colophon: 1667] -- v.9 Qvadrvpedvm omniv̄ bisvlcorv̄ historia. 1642 [colophon: 1653] -- v.10-12 Ornithologiae. (v.10: 1646 [colophon 1645]; v.11: 1652; v.12: 1645 [colophon 1652]) -- [v.13 Musaeum metallicum in libris III]., No collective t.p., Publisher statements vary., "Aldrovande n'a écrit que les cinq premiers vol. de cette collection; les autres ont été composés depuis sa mort, et en partie d'après ses manuscrits, par différents auteurs qui sont nommés sur les titres"--Brunet, I, 155., Engraved title pages; woodcuts; initials; head and tail pieces., Imperfect: preliminary leaves wanting in vols. 2, 4, 6, 10; v. 6 wanting leaves Xxx3, 4; v. 10 bound-in up-side down, p. 879-888 omitted in pagination; v. 11 wanting t.p., Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Hortus sanitatis maior.
Tractatus de herbis -- Tractatus de animalibus vitam in terris ducentium -- Tractatus de auibus -- De piscibus -- De lapidibus -- Tractatus de vrinis., Imprint from colophon: Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo primo die vero Jouis vicesima tercia mensis Junij [23 June 1491]., Signatures: A-C⁸ D-Z⁶⁻⁸ a-m⁶⁻⁸ n-z⁶⁻⁸ (v2, v3 missigned v1, v2) z⁸ aa-ii⁶⁻⁸ kk-ll⁶ [chi]⁸ v⁶ (v2, v3 missigned v1, v2) A⁸ B-E⁶., Each part (except De piscibus and De lapidibus) has separate t.p., Spaces for initials left blank (some have printed guide letters)., In double columns., Includes indexes., Imperfect: wanting leaf [454]; Tractatus de vrinis is from a smaller copy (wormed separately from rest of book; has separate signatures)., Sketch in red and black ink on special t.p. for Tractatus de vrinis.