Book
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Category
Books
Date
1665 - 1668
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3086320
Summary
2 works by Robert Boyle bound in one volume.
Bibliographic description
8vo.. Previous shelfmark: O.1. Provenance: Seventeenth-century inscription: "Borrowed from Rev. Mr. Jo[h]n Ham[m]ond 2ʻ Mai i724" [i.e. Rev. John Hammond, b.1690]. Seventeenth-century manuscript religious phrases on front pastedown, in English, and "Mott", with similar phrase, on back flyleaf. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf binding; blind-tooled fillets and corner fleurons. Fragments of early printed waste used as pastedowns: text in two columns, in Latin, religious subject (early 1500s?).
Makers and roles
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)