Boyle, Robert Opera varia [and other works]. Geneva: Samuel de Tournes, 1680-1696 6 volumes, 4to (220 x 175mm.), main title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, engraved frontispiece portrait in volume 1, woodcut initials and headpieces, 7 folding engraved plates (one attached to a page edge, Dd2 in vol. 2), 8 plates in vol. 4, contemporary velllum, calligraphic lettering along spines, occasional foxing and worming and browning, L2 of Experimenta nova (vol. 2) slightly trimmed at head, one leaf in vol.2 becoming detached, some wear to bindings; sold not subject to return A composite and comprehensive set of Boyle's works in Latin translation, issued by Samuel de Tournes in Geneva. LITERATURE: Fulton numbers: vol.1: 247A; vol.2: 17A (first quire bound before the next item, the bulk of the text after), 112; vol.3: 148, 90, 115, 151, 168A, 82A, 172, 11; vol.4: 157, 142, 190, 40A, 16B; vol.5: 55A; vol.6: 126, 24B, 118, 104, 196 PROVENANCE: inscriptions on each flyleaf, "Ex libris [-] Physici [-] Ant. Garrafa de Terra Malpighi [?]"; inscription in first volume dated 28 April 1713; "Di Sanlorenzo", inscription on second flyleaf (this inscription also appeared in the first edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica, sold here in July 2020)
Boyle, Robert Opera varia [and other works]. Geneva: Samuel de Tournes, 1680-1696 6 volumes, 4to (220 x 175mm.), main title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, engraved frontispiece portrait in volume 1, woodcut initials and headpieces, 7 folding engraved plates (one attached to a page edge, Dd2 in vol. 2), 8 plates in vol. 4, contemporary velllum, calligraphic lettering along spines, occasional foxing and worming and browning, L2 of Experimenta nova (vol. 2) slightly trimmed at head, one leaf in vol.2 becoming detached, some wear to bindings; sold not subject to return A composite and comprehensive set of Boyle's works in Latin translation, issued by Samuel de Tournes in Geneva. LITERATURE: Fulton numbers: vol.1: 247A; vol.2: 17A (first quire bound before the next item, the bulk of the text after), 112; vol.3: 148, 90, 115, 151, 168A, 82A, 172, 11; vol.4: 157, 142, 190, 40A, 16B; vol.5: 55A; vol.6: 126, 24B, 118, 104, 196 PROVENANCE: inscriptions on each flyleaf, "Ex libris [-] Physici [-] Ant. Garrafa de Terra Malpighi [?]"; inscription in first volume dated 28 April 1713; "Di Sanlorenzo", inscription on second flyleaf (this inscription also appeared in the first edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica, sold here in July 2020)
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
