BOYLE, ROBERT. A Defence of the Doctrine touching the Spring and Weight of the Air. Engraved plate. [12], 122 pages. 4to, contemporary blind stamped vellum backed with mottled calf, covers slightly warped some light marginal dampstaining. London: J.

BOYLE, ROBERT. A Defence of the Doctrine touching the Spring and Weight of the Air. Engraved plate. [12], 122 pages. 4to, contemporary blind stamped vellum backed with mottled calf, covers slightly warped some light marginal dampstaining. London: J. G. for Thomas Robinson,1662 E1500-2500 Second part (of 3) of the enlarged second edition of Boyle's 1660 New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, his first scientificwork. Pages 57-68 contain THE FIRST PRINTING OF BOYLE'S LAW. Fulton 14; Garrison-Morton 666; Grolier/Horblit 15; Norman 300; Printing andthe Mind of Man 143; Wing B3999. SCIENCE, continued