hon robert boyle (7 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine miniature-type antique engraving. . Plate size 7 x 5 ins. Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase a decorative and attractive portrait.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By W Holl (illustrator). Steel engraving. Mounted and ready to frame, mount size approx. 15 x 12 ins, 38 x 30.5 cms. ca. 1850. From an original in the Collection of The Right Hon. The Earl of Liverpool.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved By J.Chapman (illustrator). A fine oval portrait, a stipple engraving on an historiated plinth. Mounted and ready to frame, mount size approx, 14.5 x 11.5 ins, 37 x 29 cms. An excellent opportunity to purchase this delicate stipple engraving. ca 1800.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G+ : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Some fading to spine and cover. Eps heavily browned. Some pencil corrections to the text. Teg. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). 27pp' + errata. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover with bevelled edges.

Leather. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A new edition of Robert Boyle's curious moral discourses, with a lengthy preface by John Weyland. New edition, being the first with a preface by John Weyland, an English writer known for his work on the poor laws. In a contemporary full tree calf binding, with gilt to the spine. Marbled endpapers and contemporary blanks. Engraved portrait frontispiece. First published in 1665, Occasional Reflections displays the wide ranging interests ofAnglo-Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle, largely regarded today as the first modern chemist and a pioneer of modern experimental scientific method. This volume comprises his moral essays previously written in Stalbridge and Oxford, drawing his observations on angling, horses, astronomy, glowworms, sun dials, flowers, rivers and more. The work was ridiculed by Swift in Meditation Upon a Broomstick and by Butler in An Occasional Reflection on Dr Charlton's Feeling a Dog's Pulse at Gresham College. In a contemporary full tree calf binding, with gilt to the spine. Externally, front joint is strained. Rear joint is tender. Rubbing resulting in slight loss to the head of the spine. Minor marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with tide marks to the rear endpapers. Good. book.