Search Results: the philosophical works of the honourable by robert boyle

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: W. and J. Innys...and J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1725. First Thus. Fair. A fair copy, vol 1 only, in full period leather on wood boards, with gilt titles and five raised bands on spine Front board detached and rear board loosely attached by just strings Front end paper detached but present Missing portrait frontispiece However text block is still quite sound and pages are quite clean and bright A couple of small worm holes, but only on last few pages Ex-lib from the Falmouth Public Library, but ink library name on ffep and a library yellow paper label on the rear pastedown are the only indications A bookplate of Edward Walmsley is on front pastedown and the ink signature of Robert W Fox is on the top of the title page [4], xliii, 1-136, 129-350, 367-730 pp, 1 folding engraved plate at end; (Fulton 244) 730 + 1 plate pp.

Three volumes. Full brown polished calf painted to evoke inlay with stamped decoration to boards and stamped title to spine. 5 raised bands. Collated complete: 20 copper-engraved plates, including several foldouts. Colored tape to head and tail of spine. 8.A.2 inscribed in ink to front pastedown on all three volumes. No additional markings. 7.5 x 9.5 inches.

London : Printed or W. and J. Innys, 1725-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. London : Printed for W. and J. Innys ; and J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1725. 3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. (4to) Volume 3 is slightly larger, 1738 edition. All volumes fully re-bound in modern dark brown calf skin leather. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Black Morocco spine labels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders along spine. Tight bindings and solid boards. Bindings are in pristine condition. Modern endpapers. Clean, unmarked pages with minor toning throughout. Copper plate engravings and foldouts throughout. All are in tact.<br><br>Robert Boyle was a nature philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, known for his development of the first air pump. Boyle's greatest accomplishment was the invention of Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas. Though entitled a general collection of philosophical works, this three volume collection… Read More

London: Printed or W. and J. Innys ... and J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1725. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Three volumes. 4to (242 x 195 mm). Vol. I: [4], xliii, 1-136, 129-350, 367-730 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 folding engraved plate at end; vol. II: xx, 726, [2] pp., 19 folding engraved plates; vol. III: [4], xv [1], 1-249, [3], ccliii-cclx, 261-756 pp., 1 folding plate. Contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, each spine with two gilt-lettered morocco labels, gilt ruling to boards, red-dyed edges (boards rubbed and scratched, extremities worn). Little browning of text and plates more pronounced at outer margins, frontispiece and title in vol. I dust-soiled and foxed, hole near gutter of title in vol. III not affecting text, first preliminary leaves in vol. I partly split at gutter, occasional mainly marginal spotting and foxing; plates in vol. II soiled and foxed at fore-margin. Very good, wide-margined set, collated complete.… Read More