Aurum superius & inferius, aurae superioris & inferioris hermeticum, Christiani Adolphi Balduini. Francofurti, G.H. Frommani, 1675.

[32], 173, [22] p. front., 2 fold. plates. 13 cm.

A briefe discovery of the idle animadversions of Marke Ridley, doctor in phisicke vpon a treatise entituled, Magneticall aduertisements [by] W. Barlow. London, Printed by E. Griffin for T. Barlow, 1618.

[1], 13 p., 17.6 cm.

In Ronalds.

Magneticall aduertisements: or divers pertinent obseruations, and approued experiments concerning the nature and properties of the load-stone: very pleasant for knowledge, and most needfull for practise, of trauelling, or framing of instruments fit for trauellers both by sea and land [by] William Barlowe. London, Printed by Edward Griffin for Timothy Barlow, 1616.

[16], 86, [3] p. illus. 19 cm.

Provenance: Boies Penrose (bookplate)

In Ronalds, Wheeler 89, Gartrell 22.

Considered first use of the term magnetism.

Le proprietaire des choses tresvtille & profitable aux corps humains auec aucunes addicions nouuellement adioustees cest assauoir. Les vertus et proprietez des eaues artificielles et des herbes. Les natiuitez des hommes et des femmes selon les douze signes. Et plusieurs receptes contre aulcunes maladies. Item vng remede tres vtille contre fieure pestilentieuse et aultre maniere depydimie approuue plusieurs docteurs en medicine. Paris, Philippe le Noir [20 May, 1525]

[284] l. woodcuts. 28.7 cm.

Signatures: a3, a-z6, A-X6, AA-BB6.

Provenance: Ex Libris HAW (bookplate)

Libellvs de abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morboru & sanationum causis.

l. 1-21. 29.2 cm.

(In Galenus. Liber de plenitudine. Prostant in vico, 1528.)

De motv animalivm, Io. Alphonsi Borelli. Romae, Ex typographia A. Bernabo, 1680- 1.

2 v. 18 plates. 21.5 cm.

Provenance: Ex Libris Chev. A. de Melotte (bookplate crest)

Theorizes on how the torpedo caused numbness.

[Joh. Alphonsi Borelli] De motu animalium pars prima [secunda]. Editio altera. Correctior & emendatior. Lugduni in Batavis, Apud C. Boutesteyn, 1685.

2 v. in 1. 18 fold. plates. 20.5 cm.

De vi percussionis, et motionibus naturalibus a gravitate pendentibus, sive introductiones & illustrationes physico-mathematicae apprimè necessariae ad opus ejus intelligendum De motu animalium. Un… cum ejusdem auctoris responsionibus in animadversiones Stephani de angelis ad librum De vi percussionis [auctore] Joh. Alphonsus Borellus. Editio prima belgica. Priori italicâ multò correctior & auctior, cui etiam locô figurarum lignearum priori editionis, substitutae sunt nitidissimae aeneae nec non triplices indices locupletissimi. Accurante J. Broen. Lugduni Batavorum, apud P. Vander Aa, 1686.

[16], 262, [22], [4], 360, [32] p. 20 fold. plates. 20.7 cm.

Exercitationes de atmosphaeris corporum consistentium; déque mira subtilitate, determinata natura, & insigni vi effluviorum. Subjunctis experimentis novis, ostendentibus, posse partes ignis & flammae reddi stabiles ponderabilesque. Un… cum detecta penetrabilitate vitri þ ponderabilibus partibus flammae. Authore Rob. Boyle. Ex anglico in latinum sermonem versae. Londini, Typis G. Godbid, 1673. [1], 34, 155, [8], 77, [3] p. 14.7 cm.

Bound with his Speciman de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. Hamburgi, 1673.

Covers the properties of loadstones.

Exercitationes de atmosphaeris corporvm consistentivm; déque mira svbtilitate, determinata natura, et insigni vi efflvviorvm. Subjunctis experimentis novis, ostendentibus, posse partes ignis & flammae reddi stabiles ponderabilesque. Vnà cum detecta penetrabilitate vitri à ponderabilibus partibus flammae, ab Roberto Boyle. Genevae, Apud Samvelem de Tovrnes, 1680. [1], 12, 55, 21, [2], 9 p. 22.7 cm.

Provenance: Chester G. Frazier, Peping China, October 2, 1938 (inscription)

Experiments, notes, &c., about the mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities: among which is inserted a discourse of the imperfection of the chymist´s doctrine of qualities; together with some reflections upon the hypothesis of alcali and acidum, by the Honourable Robert Boyle. London, Printed by E. Flesher, for R. Davis, 1675.

[576] p. Various pagings. 17.2 cm.

Wheeler 178.

Considered the first English language book entirely on electricity

Experiments, notes, &c. about the mechanical origine or production of divers particular qualities: among which is inserted a discourse of the imperfection of the chymist´s doctrine of qualities; together with some reflections upon the hypothesis of alcali and acidum, by Robert Boyle. London, Printed by E. Flesher, for R. Davis, 1676.

[564] p. Various pagings. 17.5 cm.

Provenance: Alexander Fraser, Esq. of Strichen (bookplate crest)

In Ronalds.

Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. In quo propuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturae circa consistentiam materiae lapidum praetiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus carum praecipuae virtutes consistunt. Primum anglice conscriptum authore Roberto Boyle nunc latine, interprete C. S. Hamburgi, Apud G. Schultz, 1673.

[19], 206 p. 14.7 cm.

With this is bound his Exercitationes de atmosphaeris corporum consistentium. Londini, 1673.

Provenance: Ex Libris Ralph Hermon Major (bookplate)

Certain miscellany tracts, written by Thomas Brown.

London, Printed for C. Mearn, 1686.

[5], 103, [3] p. 31 cm.

(In his Works. London, 1686.)

Hydriotaphia, urn-burial, or, a discourse of the sepulchral urn lately found in Norfolk. Together with The garden of Cyrus, or the quincuncial lozenge, or net-work plantations of the ancients, artificially, naturally, mystically considered. With sundry observations, by Thomas Browne. London, Printed for C. Brome, 1686.

[8], 52 p. illus. 31 cm.

(In his Works. London, 1686.)

Pseudoxia epidemica: or, enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths, by Thomas Brovvne. London, Printed by T.H. for E. Dod, 1646.

[19], 386 p. 27 cm.

Provenance: Harold Bowditch (inscription)

Wheeler 123, Gartrell 92.

Discusses the lodestone, including its medical properties, as well as other electrical phenomenon. Credited with first using the English term "electricity".

Pseudoxia epidemica: or, enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly presumed truths, by Thomas Browne. The 2nd ed., corr. and much enl. by the author. Together with some marginall observations, and a table alphabeticall at the end. London, Printed by A. Miller, for E. Dod and N. Ekins, 1650.

[16], 329, [10] p. 28.5 cm.

Provenance: Peter Walthall of Brasen-Nose College, Oxford (inscription), Statham (inscription)

Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many received tenents and commonly presumed truths, by Sir Thomas Brown. 7th and last ed., corr. and enl. by the author, with many explanations, additions and alterations throughout. Together with many more marginal observations, and a table alphabetical at the end. London, Printed for R. Chiswell, and T. Sawbridge, 1686.

[16], 316, [11] p. 31 cm.

(In his Works. London, 1686.)

Religio medici [by Sir Thomas Brown] 8th ed., corr. and amended. With annotations upon all the obscure passages therein. Also observations by Sir Kenelm Digby. London, Printed for R. Scott, T. Basset, R. Chiswell and the executor of J. Wright, 1685.

[13], 102 p. 31 cm.

(In his Works. London, 1686.)

The works of the learned Sir Thomas Brown. Containing I. Enquiries into vulgar and common errors. II. Religio medici: with annotations and observations upon it. III. Hydriotaphia: or, urn-burial: together with The garden of Cyrus. IV. Certain miscellany tracts. With alphabetical tables. London, Printed for T. Basset, R. Chiswell, T. Sanbridge, C. Mearn, and C. Browne, 1686.

4 pt. in 1 v. illus., port. 31 cm.

Praxis medicinae theorica et empirica familiarissima Gvalteri Brvele: In qua pulcherrima dilucidissimaque rqatione morborum internorum cognitio, eorundemque curatio traditur. Thesavrvs innocentia. Lvgdvni Batavorvm, Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1589.

[16], 422, [8] p. 17 cm.

Recherches sur la cause et sur la veritable téorie de l´électricité, publiés par George Mathias Bose. Wittembergue, De l´Impr. de J.F. Slomac, 1745. lvi p. 21 cm.

In Ronalds, Gartrell 75.

Propounds his theory of electricity, quite similar to Nollet´s.