Micrographia Nova, published in 1687 by Johann Franz Griendel, documents the then-fresh science of microscopy. BibliOdyssey has dozens of engravings from that, and other books of the era. If only modern gadgets were so handsome!
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I'm sure Rob'll fix it in a second, but as I write this the link doesn't seem to work and the site name is spelled wrong.
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/08/early-microscopes.html
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Wow, a real rabbit-hole of a site! Awesome link.