MAYOW, John (1641-1679). Opera Omnia Medico-Physica, tractatibus quinque comprehensa, The Hague: apud Arnoldum Leers, 1681, 8°, second edition, title printed in red and black with publisher's device, engraved portrait and 7 plates (small perforation on title, stamp on verso, accession stamp at foot of *2, title partially detached at inner margin, plate collation pencilled on Index leaf), contemporary calf gilt with original clasps (rubbed, worm-holes on covers filled-in with wax, spine worn at foot, John Crerar stamps on front cover). [Fulton Lower & Mayow, 109; Honeyman 2195] Provenance: gilt armorial on front and monogram, PP FF MD, stamped on back cover.
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MAYOW, John (1641-1679). Opera Omnia Medico-Physica, tractatibus quinque comprehensa, The Hague: apud Arnoldum Leers, 1681, 8°, second edition, title printed in red and black with publisher's device, engraved portrait and 7 plates (small perforation on title, stamp on verso, accession stamp at foot of *2, title partially detached at inner margin, plate collation pencilled on Index leaf), contemporary calf gilt with original clasps (rubbed, worm-holes on covers filled-in with wax, spine worn at foot, John Crerar stamps on front cover). [Fulton Lower & Mayow, 109; Honeyman 2195] Provenance: gilt armorial on front and monogram, PP FF MD, stamped on back cover.
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Mayow's chief work, first published at Oxford, 1674.
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