Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BOYLE, ROBERT. A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical . . . The I. Part. 8 engraved plates. [22], 198, [10] pages, including leaf with longitudinal title at end * A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical . . . The Second Part. 5 folding engraved plates. [20], 198, [5] pages, including final blank. Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, contemporary panelled calf gilt bound uniformly with the preceding lot, surface of covers flaked, spine ends damaged, covers detached; contents clean. Signature of W. B. Ferguson dated 1874, his(?) armorial bookplate; bookplate of William Reynolds. Oxford: Henry Hall for Richard Davis, 1669; London: Miles Flesher for Richard Davis, 1682

Additional Details

first edition of the first Continuation, and first edition in english of the second Continuation, containing the first description of Denis Papin's double-air pump. Fulton 16, 18; Wing B3934, B3935.