Beschreibung:

The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle… to which is prefixed the Life of the Author…A New Edition.
London: for W. Johnston. S. Crowder, T. Payne, et al.: 1772. 6 volumes, folio (300 x 230 mm). Frontispiece portrait and 24 engraved plates on 16 sheets, 14 folding. Contemporary red straight grain morocco, covers with double gilt rule and rosette at corners, spine in compartments with six raised bands with double gilt rules, gilt foliate motif at spine ends and turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Condition: slight offset from portrait to title of vol. 1, prelims and title of final volume creased with some marginal spotting in gutter; a few corners very slightly bumped. Provenance: Tatton Park (bookplates). A very handsome 6 volume set of Boyle. The Tatton Park copy. Fulton 241.