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Boyle's Inquiry into Nature 1685/6

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Title: A free enquiry into the vulgarly receiv'd notion of nature; made in an essay, address'd to a friend. By R.B. Fellow of the Royal Society
Author: Boyle, Robert
Description: [24], 412, [4] pp. (A8, a4, B-Dd8 [-Dd8, a blank]). (8vo) 6¾x4, period calf. First Edition.Scarce essay by Robert Boyle, with no copies listed in the American Book Prices Current as having sold at auction since 1980. In describing another of his works, Heirs of Hippocrates drapes Boyle in accolades: "Physicist, physiologist, chemist, and philosopher, Boyle was one of the great scientists and intellects of the seventeenth century. In Boyle's bibliography, John Fulton lists more than three hundred items, including contributions in chemistry, physics, medicine, philosophy, and theology. Although he was not formally trained as a physician, Boyle was deeply interested in the medical sciences and was made a 'Doctor of Physick' at Oxford in 1665. Boyle was also a leader in the movement to separate chemistry from alchemy and was among the first to define a chemical element. His interests were wide-ranging and included studies on the properties of acids and bases, hydrostatics, respiration, combustion, magnetism, electricity, and the chemical nature of the blood."
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Printed by H. Clark, for John Taylor
Date Published: 1685/6