6 volumes, folio (292 x 229 mm). Frontispiece (very light spotting, minor soiling, toning.) Late 19th or early 20th century calf (hinges reinforced, rubbing, wear resulting in minor losses along edges). Provenance: Dunse Library (bookplates).

FIRST QUARTO EDITION IN ENGLISH, the second published edition, preceding the folio edition of 1744. Robert Boyle is regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry as well as of the scientific method and is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of confined gases. The present volumes comprise Boyle's most important works. Blake, 62; Fulton, 241; Wellcome II, 225.