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BOYLE (ROBERT)
Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Especially the Spirit of that Liquor, FIRST EDITION, Samuel Smith, 1683/4

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BOYLE (ROBERT)

Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Especially the Spirit of that Liquor, FIRST EDITION, second issue with cancel title, title within 2-line rule border, contemporary calf, upper cover detached [Wing B3993; Fulton 146; Garrison & Morton 861; Norman 308; Wellcome 228725762], 8vo (159 x 94mm.), Samuel Smith, 1683/4

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"The first analysis of blood, Boyle's Memoirs may be considered the first scientific study in physiological chemistry, exhibiting methods which have become universally adopted. This is Boyle's most important medical work" (Garrison & Morton).

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