Boyle, Robert (1673)
Specimen | De | Gemmarum | Origine | & | Virtutibus. | In quo proponuntur & historicè illustran- | tur quædam conjecturæ circa con- | sistentiam materiæ Lapidum Præ- | tiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eo- | rum præcipuæ virtutes consistunt. | Primum Anglicè conscriptum | Authore | Roberto Boyle, Armig. | Societatis Regiæ Socio. | Nunc Latinè, interprete C.S. | [ornament] | Hamburgi, | Apud Gothofredum Schultz. | Prostant & Amsterodami, | Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge. | [rule] | M.DC.LXXIII.
Title in red and black
Collation: 12°: )(10 A-H12 I6 K1; [20] 1-206 p.
Page size: 124 x 72 mm
Binding: three works bound together in full vellum boards, yapped edges, with manuscript title on spine
Provenance: no marks of provenance
Other editions: English: 1672; Latin: 1673, 1677, 1680
References: Hoover 392, Schuh 773, Sinkankas 2831, Ward & Carozzi 1033
Note: the present copy is bound together with two other works by Robert Boyle; "Tractatus de cosmicis rerum qualitatibus ... Accedit denique Tractatus de absoluta quiete in corporibus", Amsterdam, Johann Jannson a Waesberge, and Hamburg, Gothfried Schulz, 1671; "Tractatus ... Ubi 1. Mira aeris ... Juxta exemplar impressum" London, Henry Herringman, 1671
Collection: private collection
