Lot 77
Boyle (Robert) The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes, touching the experiments whereby vulgar spagirists are wont to endeavour to evince their salt, sulphur and mercury, Oxford, printed by Henry Hall, 1680.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Boyle (Robert) The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes, touching the experiments whereby vulgar spagirists are wont to endeavour to evince their salt, sulphur and mercury, 2 parts in 1, second edition, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing B4022; PMM 141 for 1661 edition; Neville I, 208; Fulton 34; Madan 3261 & 3260], a crisp and clean copy internally, 8vo, Oxford, printed by Henry Hall for Ric. Davis, and B. Took at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1680.
⁂ Second edition, but the first to include the second part, of 'the most famous book in the history of chemistry' (Neville). This copy without the inserted advertisement leaf (as often), which stated that the book was printed in 1679. The original edition (comprising part 1 only) was published in 1661 - PMM describes it as 'one of the most significant milestones on the way to the chemical revolution of Lavoisier in the late eighteenth century.'.
Description
Boyle (Robert) The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes, touching the experiments whereby vulgar spagirists are wont to endeavour to evince their salt, sulphur and mercury, 2 parts in 1, second edition, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing B4022; PMM 141 for 1661 edition; Neville I, 208; Fulton 34; Madan 3261 & 3260], a crisp and clean copy internally, 8vo, Oxford, printed by Henry Hall for Ric. Davis, and B. Took at the Ship in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1680.
⁂ Second edition, but the first to include the second part, of 'the most famous book in the history of chemistry' (Neville). This copy without the inserted advertisement leaf (as often), which stated that the book was printed in 1679. The original edition (comprising part 1 only) was published in 1661 - PMM describes it as 'one of the most significant milestones on the way to the chemical revolution of Lavoisier in the late eighteenth century.'.
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