Creator
Date
Location
Oxford, England
Great Britain
Media format
Extent
Language
Size
Reference IDs
Madan, F. Oxford books: III, 2655
Folger bibliographic ID: 232134
ESTC number: R23467
Fulton, J.F. Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle (2nd ed.): 52
Folger call number: Film Acc. 627, reel 707:13
Folger holdings ID: 280586
Notes
Edition
A second edition (since the first published June 1663)
Bibliographic format
quarto
General notes
Dedication signed: Ro. Sharrock The title page of this edition has "natural", "Honourable", and "Ri. Davis". Fulton's Oxford issue: B, this edition is a line-by-line resetting of the 1664 2nd ed. (Fulton 51, London issue: A, which has "naturall", "Honorable", and "Ric. Davis") The first edition (v. 1, in 2 pts.) was published in 1663; a second edition (v. 1, in 2 pts.) was published in 1664, and another 2nd edition (v. 1, in 2 pts., described herewith) with 1664 imprint was published in 1671. A "second tome" (v. 2, 6 pts. ) was published in 1671. Vol. 2. is often found bound with the 1671 edition of v. 1 The parentheses in the edition statement appear as square brackets on the title page Pt. 1. Signatures: [star]⁴ A-R⁴. Pagination: [16], 120, 123-126, [4] p. -- pt. 2. Signatures: a-3d⁴ 3f-3g⁴; 2a-2s⁴ signed 'Aa' etc. Pagination: 184, 193-376, 387-416, [18] p Also available on microfilm and as an electronic resource Includes bibliographical references
Also known as
Extended title: Some considerations touching the usefulnesse of experimental natural philosophy : propos'd in a familiar discourse to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it / by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq., Fellow of the Royal Society
Alternate titles: Some considerations touching the vsefvlnesse of experimental natural philosophy
Related names
associated with: Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684
printer: Hall, Henry, active 1642-1680
bookseller: Davis, Richard, active 1646-1688
former owner: Baron, G. E., active 1853