BOYLE, Robert (1627-1691). Certain physiological Essays and other Tracts ... second edition . London: for Henry Herringman, 1669. - New Experiments and Observations touching Cold . London: for Richard Davis 1683. Two works bound in one volume, 4 o (199 x 152 mm). Contemporary English blind-panelled calf (rebacked preserving early lettering pieces, corners worn). Provenance : Sir Richard Vyvyan (engraved armorial bookplate). Both second editions. Fulton Boyle 26 and 71; NLM/Krivatsy 1667 and 1684; Wing B-3930 and B-3997; Norman 301 and 307. -- Experiments and considerations touching Colours . London: for Henry Herringman, 1670. 8 o (161 x 100 mm). Later half sheep gilt (some wear). Provenance : John Howard (early signature on title-page). Second edition in English (the first edition in English was published in 1664). Duveen, p. 93; Fulton Boyle 58; Wing B-3968; Norman 302. -- Of the reconcileableness of Specifick medicines to the Corpuscular Philosophy. To which is Annexed a Discourse about the Advantages of the Use of Simple Medicines . London: for Sam. Smith, 1685. 8 o (165 x 104 mm). (Title reinforced along fore-margin, some light dampstaing at end.) 18th-century calf. FIRST EDITION of two treatises which "represent Boyle's attempt to apply scientific principles to seventeenth-century medical practice" (Norman). Fulton Boyle 166; Heirs of Hippocrates 566; NLM/Krivatsy 1717; Osler 949; Waller 1391; Wellcome II, p. 224; Wing B-4013; Norman 306. (3)
BOYLE, Robert (1627-1691). Certain physiological Essays and other Tracts ... second edition . London: for Henry Herringman, 1669. - New Experiments and Observations touching Cold . London: for Richard Davis 1683. Two works bound in one volume, 4 o (199 x 152 mm). Contemporary English blind-panelled calf (rebacked preserving early lettering pieces, corners worn). Provenance : Sir Richard Vyvyan (engraved armorial bookplate). Both second editions. Fulton Boyle 26 and 71; NLM/Krivatsy 1667 and 1684; Wing B-3930 and B-3997; Norman 301 and 307. -- Experiments and considerations touching Colours . London: for Henry Herringman, 1670. 8 o (161 x 100 mm). Later half sheep gilt (some wear). Provenance : John Howard (early signature on title-page). Second edition in English (the first edition in English was published in 1664). Duveen, p. 93; Fulton Boyle 58; Wing B-3968; Norman 302. -- Of the reconcileableness of Specifick medicines to the Corpuscular Philosophy. To which is Annexed a Discourse about the Advantages of the Use of Simple Medicines . London: for Sam. Smith, 1685. 8 o (165 x 104 mm). (Title reinforced along fore-margin, some light dampstaing at end.) 18th-century calf. FIRST EDITION of two treatises which "represent Boyle's attempt to apply scientific principles to seventeenth-century medical practice" (Norman). Fulton Boyle 166; Heirs of Hippocrates 566; NLM/Krivatsy 1717; Osler 949; Waller 1391; Wellcome II, p. 224; Wing B-4013; Norman 306. (3)
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