Boyle, Robert

Estimate

2,500 - 3,000 USD

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Description

Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Especially the Spirit of That Liquor. London: Printed for Samuel Smith, 1684
paper, ink, leather

8vo (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.; 156 x 89 mm). Title within double-ruled border; title-page browned and stained, and extended at top, marginal staining throughout, small rust hole on D4 touching 2 letters, 7 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Modern calf, spine in 5 compartments lettered gilt.

Literature

Wing B3994; ESTC R25280; Fulton 146A; Garrison & Morton 861; Norman 309

Catalogue Note

First edition, first issue. The cancel title of the second issue was altered to "1683/4" presumably to protect Boyle's claims of priority in his discoveries. One of Boyle's most important medical works, this first analysis of blood "may be considered the first scientific study in physiological chemistry, exhibiting methods which have become universally adopted" (Garrison & Morton).