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BOYLE (ROBERT)
Tracts: Containing I. Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities of the Air... II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata De Vacuo... III. A Discourse of the Cause of Attractions by Suctions, 6 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, M. Pitt, 1674

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BOYLE (ROBERT)

Tracts: Containing I. Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities of the Air... II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata De Vacuo... III. A Discourse of the Cause of Attractions by Suctions, 6 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn [Wing B4054; Duveen, p.195; Fulton 119], 8vo (166 x 113mm.), M. Pitt, 1674

Footnotes

FIRST EDITION, including the 'Advertisement to the Book-binder' which, as Fulton points out, is usually lacking as at the foot of the page it states "You are not to bind this advertisement".

Provenance: Josh. Watson, Burges, and one undecipherable name in ink on title.

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