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The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. : In five volumes. : To which is prefixed, the life of the author.
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The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. : In five volumes. : To which is prefixed, the life of the author.

Author: Robert BoyleThomas BirchBernard BaronJ KerseboomJ MyndeAll authors
Publisher: London: : Printed for A. Millar, opposite Catharine-Street, in the Strand., MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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Genre/Form: Booksellers advertisements
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Early works to 1800
Named Person: Robert Boyle
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Boyle; Thomas Birch; Bernard Baron; J Kerseboom; J Mynde; Hubert François Gravelot; Andrew Millar; Richard Boyle Burlington, Earl of; John Boyle Orrery, Earl of; John Carteret, Earl Granville; Arthur Onslow; Richard Mead
OCLC Number: 40814148
Notes: Edited by Thomas Birch.
"The life of the Honourable Robert Boyle, by Thomas Birch": v.1, p. 1-139.
"Table of contents of the five volumes": v. 1, p. 145-151.
"Errata & addenda": v.1, p. 152.
List of subscribers: v.1, p. v-viii.
Head and tail-pieces.
Includes complete index to all 5 vols., p. [1]-[86] at end of v.5.
Engraved frontispiece of Robert Boyle signed: J. Kersseboom pinxit, B. Baron sculp.; other engraved illustrations signed: J. Mynde, sc.; H. Gravelot inv. et delin.
Title pages in red and black.
V.1 is dedicated to Richard, Earl of Burlington and Cork; v.2 is dedicated to John Earl of Orrery; v.3 is dedicated to John Lord Carteret; v.4 is dedicated to Arthur Onslow Esq.; v.5 is dedicated to Dr. Richard Mead.
Booksellers' advertisements: v.1, p. 584; v.2, p. 566.
Signatures: v.1: pi²( -pi2) A-"[B]"² a-2p² ²B-7I²; v.2: "[A]"-5I² 5KL² 5M-7D² 7E²( -7E2); v.3: "[A]"-8C²; v.4: "[A]"-7B²; v.5: "[A]"-7N² "7O"²( -"7O"2) "7P"²("7P"2+1) "7Q"-"8B"² "8C"²( -"8C"2) "8D"-"8Z"² "9A"²( -"9A"2) "1A"-"1P"² "1Q"²( -"1Q"2) ²"2A"-²"2F"².
In v.2, p. 408 follows p. 403, text is continuous despite pagination; in v.5 all the quires from "3A"-"9A" are signed as indicated, with the numeric designation before letter.
Description: 5 v. ([2], viii, 152, 583, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); [4], 565 [i.e. 561], [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded); [4], 652 p., [5] folded leaves of plates; [4], 556 p., [3] folded leaves of plates; [4], 736, [86] p.) : ill. (metal cuts), port. (metal cut) ; 38 cm. (fol.)
Other Titles: Works.
Boyle's works

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