Experiments and considerations touching colours. . First occasionally written, among some other essays, to a friend; and now suffer'd to come abroad as the beginning of an experimental history of colours. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Category
Books
Date
1664
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095021
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40],423,[1]p., [1] folded leaf of plates . ill.. . 8vo. Provenance: Manuscript inscriptions on title page: "J Hervey" [i.e. John, Lord Hervey (1696-1743)], and "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sheepskin binding; double blind fillet border, with double blind fillet parallel to spine edge; blind chain roll on board edges. Rebacked in calf, with red gilt title label and gilt date stamp ('1564' [sic]) on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)