Lot 444
Boyle, Robert
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Experiments, notes &c about hte mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities. London: E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1676. First edition, second issue, 8vo, 11 parts in one volume, 11 parts in one volume, 8vo (17 x 10.6cm.), contemporary calf, blind double-fillet border, blind-stamped corner fleurons, modern lettering-piece, lacking blank B8 in part one, binding rubbed, upper hinge cracking
Footnote
Note: The collection is important becasue of the tracts on Magnetism and Electritcity... his tract is the first work on Electricity in the English language... the tracts on Taste and Smell are the first monographs in the history of physiological literature to be devoted to these special senses". Fulton: Bibliography of Robert Boyle. Wing B3977; Fulton 124; Madan 3098; Norman 303
Provenance: John Stratford, inscription on flyleaf dated 13 August 1681 at Balliol College