Royal Society (1960). The Royal Society, its Origins and Founders, ed. Sir Harold Hartley

Royal Society (1960). The Royal Society, its Origins and Founders, ed. Sir Harold Hartley, the Royal Society, London, 275pp. Hardback, with burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine and crest to front cover, with minor tears to dust jacket. Otherwise, in new condition.

Written on the tercentenary of the founding of the Royal Society. The introduction provides the historical context of post-civil war England and is followed by 22 biographical essays on founding members, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, Elias Ashmole and John Evelyn.