The philosophical works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq : in three volumes / abridged, methodized, and disposed under the general heads of physics, statics, pneumatics, natural history, chymistry, and medicine, the whole illustrated with notes, containing the improvements made in the several parts of natural and experimental knowledge since his time by Peter Shaw. . by BOYLE, Robert - 1725

London: Printed or W. and J. Innys ... and J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1725. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Three volumes. 4to (242 x 195 mm). Vol. I: [4], xliii, 1-136, 129-350, 367-730 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 folding engraved plate at end; vol. II: xx, 726, [2] pp., 19 folding engraved plates; vol. III: [4], xv [1], 1-249, [3], ccliii-cclx, 261-756 pp., 1 folding plate. Contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, each spine with two gilt-lettered morocco labels, gilt ruling to boards, red-dyed edges (boards rubbed and scratched, extremities worn). Little browning of text and plates more pronounced at outer margins, frontispiece and title in vol. I dust-soiled and foxed, hole near gutter of title in vol. III not affecting text, first preliminary leaves in vol. I partly split at gutter, occasional mainly marginal spotting and foxing; plates in vol. II soiled and foxed at fore-margin. Very good, wide-margined set, collated complete. FIRST EDITION. Bibliography: Fulton 244. - Visit our website to see more images!