The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle :
in five volumes : to which is prefixed, the life of the author.
Description
- Related Names
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Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766.
Mead, Richard, 1673-1754, dedicatee.
Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768, dedicatee.
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, dedicatee.
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, dedicatee.
Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1612-1698, dedicatee.
Millar, Andrew, 1705-1768, bookseller.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, engraver.
Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, artist.
Mynde, James, 1702-1771, engraver.
Kerseboom, J., active 1680-1708, artist.
Baron, Bernard, 1696-1762, engraver.
Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766, author,
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Printed for A. Millar, opposite Catharine-Street, in the Strand., MDCCXLIV [1744]
- Note
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Signatures: v.1: pi²( -pi2) A-"[B]"² a-2p² ²B-7I²; v.2: "[A]"-5I² 5KL² 5M-7D² 7E²( -7E2); v.3: "[A]"-8C²; v.4: "[A]"-7B²; v.5: "[A]"-7N² "7O"²( -"7O"2) "7P"²("7P"2+1) "7Q"-"8B"² "8C"²( -"8C"2) "8D"-"8Z"² "9A"²( -"9A"2) "1A"-"1P"² "1Q"²( -"1Q"2) ²"2A"-²"2F"²
Booksellers' advertisements: v.1: p.[584]; v.2: p. [566].
V.1 is dedicated to Richard, Earl of Burlington and Cork; v.2 is dedicated to John Earl of Orrery; v.3 is dedicated to John Lord Carteret; v.4 is dedicated to Arthur Onslow Esq.; v.5 is dedicated to Dr. Richard Mead.
Title pages in red and black.
Engraved frontispiece of Robert Boyle signed: J. Kersseboom pinxit, B. Baron sculp.; other engraved illustrations signed: J. Mynde, sc.; H. Gravelot inv. et delin.
Includes complete index to all 5 vols., p. [1]-[86] at end of v.5.
Head and tail-pieces.
List of subscribers: v.1, p. v-viii.
"Errata & addenda": v.1, p. 152.
"Table of contents of the five volumes": v. 1, p. 145-151
"The life of the Honourable Robert Boyle, by Thomas Birch": v.1, p. 1-139
In v.2, p. 408 follows p. 403, text is continuous despite pagination; in v.5 all the quires from "3A"-"9A" are signed as indicated, with the numeric designation before letter
Pagination: Vol. 1: [2], viii, 152, 583, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: [4], 565 [i.e. 561], [1] p., [5] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 652 p., [5] folded leaves of plates; v. 4: [4], 556 p., [3] folded leaves of plates; v. 5: [4], 736, [86] p.).
Edited by Thomas Birch.
- Physical Description
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5 volumes :
illustrations (metal cuts), portrait (metal cut) ;
38 cm (fol.)
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