Shaw Peter 1694 (4 results)

1st Edition. [2], 38 pp. Lacks half-title & dedicatory leaf. Head, tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 4to. 9" x 6-7/8" Shaw was the son of Robert Shaw, A.M., master of the grammar school at Lichfield. On 25 June 1740 Shaw was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians, being then a doctor of medicine. He was subsequently admitted a candidate at the College of Physicians on 16 April 1753, and was made a fellow on 8 April of the following year. In 1752 he was appointed physician-extraordinary to George II, and the same year was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge by royal mandate. Two years later he was promoted to be physician-in-ordinary to the king, and he was the usual medical attendant on George II in his journeys to Hanover. He was nominated to the same office on the accession of George III. Shaw contributed to the study of chemistry in England by his translations of the works of Georg Ernst Stahl and Herman Boerhaave, as well as his own writings and lectures, though he is viewed today as somewhat careless. [wiki] This his second published work, uncommon title in the trade. Age-toning, and hint of foxing. Stain to title leaf. With a nod to the missing two preliminary leaves, Very Good. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

8vo. pp. xxiv, [2]errata, 224, 125-284, 385-439, [9]index. (collated complete). several woodcut ornaments. contemporary sprinkled calf (binding worn & rubbed, spine label wanting, internally a fine clean copy). Hopetoun armorial bookplate & ex-libris of Franz Sondheimer [1926-1981]. First Edition. Noted by Duveen as being an influential work at the time. The author was a distinguished chemist, editor of Bacon and Boyle, translator of Boerhaave and Stahl, and physician in ordinary to Kings George II and George II. Duveen p. 548. Ferguson II p. 381. Neu 3814. Wellcome V p. 99.

Condition: Very Good-. folding plates/pullouts[1 +19 +1] 3 VOLUMES quarto blind tooled panelled calf on 5 raised bands [not quite matching/lacking 2 title labels of vol II and III, Volume I has been rebacked with a new spine label & corners underlaid.] Vol. I title page +[2p=dedication and inscritpion] +xxxi [=Preface & preliminaries] +[1p=blank] +xxxiii -xliii [=content] + 730pp vol.II xx[=title +dedication +content] +726pp Vol.III titlepage + xv [=content] +[1p=blank] +756pp [includes index] There are several misnumbering but catchword and signatures are correct however there are 5 leaves in Facimile. The endpapers of vol.I have pencil notes and computation,and ink name, Thomas (possibly contemporary), the pastedown of Vol. II & III have a coat of arm bookplate of Revd. John Rocke. Dedication in Vol 1 from Shaw to Lord Burlington (1694-1753), who helped construct numerous grand houses across the UK including Northwick Park. Volume II dedication to the Earl of Orrery (1674-1731) a patron of the sciences. The margin of one leaf has a burn mark to the corner affecting only one letter of the catchword. There are a few marginal worm tracks to the margins of the text in vol.1 but in all the volumes are clean, crisp and unmarked. Text is unmarked across all volumes. *Boyle regarded today as the founder of modern chemistry, alonside Newton as a pioneer of the experimental scientific method. As member of the Royal Society he was elected president but declined the honor,and is remembered for the law named after him of volume vs.pressure of gases. Investigation and experiments were to be his way of studying science and he was not one to build hypotheses until proof was obtained. This collection of the many papers and experiments he wrote up are here brought up to date with later findings to produce the best and most complete compilation of his work. Dr Peter Shaw was a London based physician who was appointed physician extraordinary to King George II in 1753. All Vol`s printed in London. 3 volumes. Hardcover.

Condition: Very Good-. folding plates [19 in Vol.II & in Vol. III] Quarto blind tooled panelled calf on 5 raised bands with gilt spine label [rebacked with old spine relaid and original cover laid on front board] Vol.III titlepage + xv [=content] +[1p=blank] +756pp [includes index]. Title on spine loose and rubbed. The half title to "Medicine" is in facsimile.TOPICS covered in these volumes are pneumatics, natural history, chymistry, air, Minerology & Gems, and medecine with the whole illustrated with notes containing the improvements made in the several parts of natural and experimental knowledge since Boyle`s death in 1694 by Dr Peter Shaw. Early and last pages have a damp mark mainly marginal and neither paper or text compromised. The endpapers have a modern Thomas Bewick bookplate. Possible contemporary signature on titlepage, ink. The volumes are clean, crisp and largley unmarked. Vol II contains a dedication to the Earl of Orrery, a patron of the sciences. *Boyle is largely regarded today as the founder of modern chemistry, and a pioneer of the experimental scientific method. A member of the Royal Society he was elected president but declined the honor,and is remembered for the law named after him of volume vs pressure of gases. Investigation and experiments were to be the way of science and he was not fond of hypothesis until proof was found. This collection of the many papers and experiments he wrote up are here brought up to date with later findings to produce the best compilation of his work and this is the first edition thus. Dr Peter Shaw was a London based physician who was appointed physician extraordinary to King George II in 1753. All Vol`s printed in London. 1 volume. Hardcover.