Engraved illustrations appear together with the text on the following pages: 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 18, 21, 24, 55, and 60. There are also several woodcuts throughout.

Errors in paging: p. 50 is misnumbered as 42; p. 64 is misnumbered as 62, and the final page (84) is misnumbered as 4.

A folded, engraved plate is inserted between pages 32 and 33.

The title page has a decorative inverted triangle pattern, created with typographical ornaments.

Initials; side-notes.

Errata on p. 12.

Signatures: ()⁴ B² A⁴ ²B⁴ C-K⁴ L².

Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.), 9

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Exhibit page opening: pg. 54-55 1995/05/30 through 1996/05/10 William E. Baxter SIL Exhibition Gallery, NMAH SDS/ "Science and the artist's book".

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SCDIRB copy 39088015653702 has an old ms. ink inscription on front free endpaper: E libris Jacobi Hollingworth Cantabrigiensis anno 166[0?]. There are a few brief ms. pencil markings and annotations in the volume.

SCDIRB copy of the engraving on p. 60 is closely cropped on its left edge, slightly affecting the image.

SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner.

SCDIRB copy has an old blind-tooled full leather binding, with raised bands, gilt-lettered spine, and red edges; re-backed.