405
Robert Boyle
New experiments touching cold. 1665.
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200 Sold:
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Fulton 70. - Honeyman coll. 465. - Erste Ausgabe. "The treatise on Cold contains the first description of a graduated thermometer, termed by Boyle a thermoscope ... He was aware that extreme cold prevented the putrefaction of animal tissues, and realized that cold could be utilized for the preservaton of meat" (Fulton). - 4 Bll. Advertisement verbunden. - Tlw. mit kl. Wasserrand, 2 Bll. mit hinterl. Einriß, erste Bll. etw. eng gebunden.
First edition. With 2 ( folding) copperplates. Contemp. calf, spine renewed. - 4 leaves 'Advertisement' misbound. Partly with small waterstain, 2 leaves with rebacked tear, first leaves closely bound.
405
Robert Boyle
New experiments touching cold. 1665.
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200 Sold:
€ 1,904 / $ 2,094 (incl. surcharge)