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BOYLE, Robert (1627-91). Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, especially the Spirit of that Liquor. London: Samuel Smith, 1684. Small 8°. (T1, T2, T7, T8 and U1 with slightly shorter lower margins). Contemporary sprinkled calf (neatly rebacked with old spine relaid). Provenance: Jo. Watson (signature on title); Earl of Hopetoun (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the original title dated 1684. The cancel title of the second issue bears the date "1683/4". It was altered to protect Boyle from charges of plagiarism. The Memoirs are Boyle's most important medical work. "The first analysis of blood, Boyle's Memoirs may be considered the first scientific study in physiological chemistry, exhibiting methods which have become universally adopted" (Garrison & Morton). Fulton 163; Garrison & Morton 861; Krivatsy 1715; Norman 309; Wing B3948.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the original title dated 1684. The cancel title of the second issue bears the date "1683/4". It was altered to protect Boyle from charges of plagiarism. The Memoirs are Boyle's most important medical work. "The first analysis of blood, Boyle's Memoirs may be considered the first scientific study in physiological chemistry, exhibiting methods which have become universally adopted" (Garrison & Morton). Fulton 163; Garrison & Morton 861; Krivatsy 1715; Norman 309; Wing B3948.
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