Engravings from Schem. 12 of the first edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, Micrographia : or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon. Depicted here are an assortment of plants, including Damask rose and Bramble, leaves, and molds that are the subject of Hooke's experiments in Observations XIX and XX.
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