An essay about the origine & 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.

  • Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
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1672
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An essay about the origine & 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. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Essay about the origine and virtues of gems

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London : printed by William Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Britain, 1672.

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16 unnumbered pages, 180, 182-185 pages ; 8vo (17 cm)

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References note

Wing (2nd ed., 1994), B3947
Fulton, J. Boyle, 96
ESTC (RLIN), R018997
ESTC R18997

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Running title reads: An essay about the origine and virtues of gems.
Copy 1. Bookplate of William Blakiston Bowes Esq. of Streatlam Castle, County Durham. From the collection of Dr. Ernst Darmstaedter, number 274.
Copy 2. Bound in 17th century blind-tooled speckled calf.
Copy 3. Bound with: Steno, N. The prodromus to a dissertation concerning solids. 1671.

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