THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE AIR, Designed and Begun

by the Honble Robert Boyle Esq by Robert Boyle

A$10,000 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

Pp. xii+260 last advertisement , 4 woodcut text figures; small f'cap. 4to; rebound in period style in full calf, spine decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with contrasting gilt lettered red & black leather titling pieces, boards decorated in blind, with a single rule outer border, decorative inner border and central darker brown panel, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers; early inked signature at head of title page, another name also

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