Robert Boyle

 

 

Bibliographic

Author Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Title Specimen de gemmarum origine & virtutibus. In quo proponuntur & historicè illustrantur quaedam conjecturæ circa consistentiam materiæ lapidum prætiosorum, & subjecta, in quibus eorum præcipuæ virtutes consistunt. Primum anglicè conscriptum authore Roberto Boyle ... Nunc latinè, interprete C. S. Publisher Hamburgi, apud Gothofredum Schultz; Prostant Amsterodami, apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1673.
Description 10 p. l., 206 p. 13 cm. Note Added t.-p., engraved. Translation of the author's An essay about the origin and virtues of gems, London, 1672. Language Latin

Note per the University of California catalog, the translator was Christopher Sand of the anti-trinitarian studies fame. I have not seen this item being mentioned by those non-trinitarian authors whose work I have seen so far ; this might be a relatively new find—or a mistake. (WPT 17 Dec 03)

 

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