Shelfmark
Hb.4.15 - Hb.4.19
Author
Title
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In five volumes. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for A. Millar, opposite Catharine-Street, in the Strand, MDCCXLIV [1744]
Physical description
5 v., [15] folded leaves of plates : port. ; 37 cm (Fo)
Note
Pagination: viii, 152, 583; 565; 652; 556; 736 [86] p.
Note
Compiled and edited by Thomas Birch.
Note
With an index to the 5 volumes at the end of v. 5.
Note
Frontispiece is portrait of Boyle signed: 'F. Kersseboom pinxit, B. Baron sculp.'.
Note
With a list of subscribers in v. 1.
Note
T.p. in red and black; engraved title vignette.
Note
'The life of the honourable Robert Boyle' by Thomas Birch, p. 1-94 in v. 1,'Appendix to the life' p. [95]-139.
Note
Publisher's advertisement on final printed page of vol. I and II.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T4460
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Library stamp of Eton College.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; 5 raised bands; gilt title and volume number on spine; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Subject
Physics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Chemistry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Medicine Early works to 1800.
Subject
Theology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Millar, Andrew, 1707 - 1768 printer.
Added entry--name
Baron, Bernard, 1696 - 1762 engraver.
Added entry--name
Birch, Thomas, 1705 - 1766 editor.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B44031