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Short memoirs for the natural experimental history of mineral waters. Addressed by way of letter to a friend. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society.
by BOYLE, Robert
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed for Samuel Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1684/5 , 1685. 1685 [18], 112, [16] p. with final advertisement leaves Books Printed for, and sold by Samuel Smith. Collates A8, B2 (-B2), C - K7 (K6+1, K4 = B2). Contemporary plain calf panelled with a single line and floral corner tools. Rebacked, the spine unlettered, with raised bands. The original endpapers retained, with an eighteenth century signature and shelf mark on a front endpaper. Internally clean and tight.
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- COBNAR BOOKS
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- 7296
- Title
- Short memoirs for the natural experimental history of mineral waters. Addressed by way of letter to a friend. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society.
- Author
- BOYLE, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed for Samuel Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1684/5
- Date Published
- 1685
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About COBNAR BOOKS
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