An essay about the origine and virtues of gems. Wherein are propos'd and historically illustrated some conjectures about the consistence of the matter of precious stones, and the subjects wherein their chiefest virtues reside. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Category
Books
Date
1672
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3008014
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 180, 182-185 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 5752. Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled sheepskin; blind double fillet border; blind roll pattern on board edges; rebacked in sprinkled sheepskin; gilt title label and date on spine. Red sprinkled edges. New endpapers. Pencil note on front pastedown: "Repaired at Cambridge, 1956".
Makers and roles
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)