BOYLE, Robert. Experiments, Notes, &c. about the Mechanical Origine or Production of divers particular Qualities , London: by E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1675, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (lacking three blanks, library perforation on title and one sectional title, stamp on verso of title, outer margin of title with adhesive tape repair on verso, upper margin browned and frayed, accession stamp at foot of *1 ["Directions for the Book-binder"], the same leaf torn at upper right hand corner, A8 and B1r of introductory section badly-soiled, 2 leaves of part 3 ["Odours"] slightly torn at inner margin, A3 of part 4 ["Doctrine of Qualities"] with hole at lower margin, occasional old repairs, some dampstains at margins), library buckram. [Fulton 123: "rare and often imperfect"; Norman 303: second issue, lacking *1; Wheeler Gift 178; Wing B3976] Provenance : Josiah Messor 1771 (ownership inscription on title with [?] his occasional marginal notes); JCL
BOYLE, Robert. Experiments, Notes, &c. about the Mechanical Origine or Production of divers particular Qualities , London: by E. Flesher for R. Davis, 1675, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (lacking three blanks, library perforation on title and one sectional title, stamp on verso of title, outer margin of title with adhesive tape repair on verso, upper margin browned and frayed, accession stamp at foot of *1 ["Directions for the Book-binder"], the same leaf torn at upper right hand corner, A8 and B1r of introductory section badly-soiled, 2 leaves of part 3 ["Odours"] slightly torn at inner margin, A3 of part 4 ["Doctrine of Qualities"] with hole at lower margin, occasional old repairs, some dampstains at margins), library buckram. [Fulton 123: "rare and often imperfect"; Norman 303: second issue, lacking *1; Wheeler Gift 178; Wing B3976] Provenance : Josiah Messor 1771 (ownership inscription on title with [?] his occasional marginal notes); JCL
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