The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Six Volumes. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author. A New Edition.

London: Printed for J. and. F. Rivington, L. Davis, W. Johnston, 1772, 4°, (2), CCXXXVIII, 799, (1); (2), 800; (2), 803; IV, (2), 821, (1); V, (2), 750; VI, (2), 796, 128 pp., Portrait, 24 Kupfer auf 16 Blätter, 6 feine Halblederbände. Second edition of Robert Boyle's Works in English - This edition contains a new appendix to the Life and it is this edition which has been used as the standard reference for all scholarly work on Robert Boyle. Fine copy in a new acid free half leather garment in old style, with five raised bands, two spine labels fine inside with the Armorial bookplate of Sir William H. Cooper. Bart. " In English there were two collected editions: the five-volume folio edited by Thomas Birch and published at London in 1744 and the six-volume quarto of 1772 based on the earlier folio edition."Fulton p. 143 Contents: Vol. I: Preface by Birch (folio ed. of 1744). Life of Boyle, & appendix. Prefaces of Boyle, &c. Table of Contents, List of Manuscripts, &c. Spring & Weight of the Air. Defence against Linus. Examen of Hobbes's Dialogus Physicus. Seraphick Love. Occasional Reflection . on the King's Coronation-day. Certain Physiological Essays. The Sceptical Chymist, &c. Experimental History of Colours & Observations about a Diamond. Vol. II: Usefulness of Experimental Philosophy (Part I & Part II, Sect. I). Style of the Scriptures. Occasional Reflections. Experimental History of Cold. 4 contributions to Phil. Trans. Hydrostatical Paradoxes. 2 contributions to Phil. Trans. Vol. III: Origin of Forms & Qualities. 9 contributions to Phil. Trans. Spring & Weight of the Air (A Continuation: Part I). Cosmical Suspicions. 2 contributions to Phil. Trans. Usefulness of Experimental Philosophy (Part II, Sect. II). Rarefaction of the Air, &c. Contribution to Phil. Trans. Origin & Virtue of Gems. Relation betwixt Flame and Air, &c. 2 contributions to Phil. Trans. Essays on Effluviums. Letter to Phil. Trans. Saltness of the Sea. Vol. IV: Excellency of Theology. Hidden Qualities of the Air, &c. Contribution to Phil. Trans. Reason & Religion. 4 contributions to Phil. Trans. Mechanical Origin of Qualities. 2 contributions to Phil. Trans. Contribution to Hooke's Lectt. Cutler. Degradation of Gold. Aerial Noctiluca. Contribution to Hooke's Philos. Collect. Things above Reason. Icy Noctiluca & A Chymical Paradox. Spring & Weight of the Air (A Continuation: Part II). Salt Water sweetened. Humane Blood. Porosity of Bodies. Mineral Waters. Vol.V: Languid & Unheeded Motion. Contribution to Phil. Trans. Specific Medicines. Veneration to God. Vulgarly received Notions of Nature. Martyrdom of Theodora. Medicinal Experiments. Final Causes of Natural Things, &c. Medicina Hydrostatica. The Christian Virtuoso. Experimenta & Observationes Physicae. History of the Air (including 2 contributions to Phil. Trans.). Vol. VI: Swearing. Letters from Boyle. Letters to Boyle. Appendix to the Christian Virtuoso. Christian Virtuoso (Part II). Complete Index to the 6 volumes. "There is no doubt that Robert Boyle was one of the greatest and influential British scientists of the seventeenth or any other century, and that he was one of the founders of the experimental method of conducting scientific research. He was a prodigious worker, and published no less than 43 separate works. He has been called the "Father of Modern Chemistry", for at least three reasons: (a) He realized that chemistry is worthy of study for its own sake, and not merely as an aid to medicine or as alchemy. (b) He introduced a rigorous experimental method into chemistry. (c) He clearly defined what he called a "corpuscle" or an "element", and showed experimentally that the four elements of Aristotle (fire, air, water, and earth), and the three principles of alchemists (salt, sulphur, and mercury) did not .…