Robert Boyle

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The file contains:;a) a steel engraving showing a portrait of the young Boyle sitting on an armchair. Engraving by W. Holland, 19 x 28 cm. Subscript: The honourable Robert Boyle. OB. 1691. From the original in the collection of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Liverpool. Proof. London, Published, May 1, 1829 by Harding&Lepard, Pall Mall East. (two copies);b) a copperplate showing a portrait of Boyle in an oval frame, R.W. sculp., 10 x 15 cm. Subscript: The Hon.ble Robert Boyle. ca. 1660;c) a copperplate showing Boyle in full length standing aside a table with an instrument. Aveline sculp., 9 x 14 cm. ca. 1700;d) a copperplate showing a portrait of Boyle in an oval frame, J. Chapman sculpit, at the bottom a vignette showing chemical instruments, 21 x 27 cm. Subscript: The Hon.ble Robert Boyle. London published as the Act directs April 19th 1800 by J. Wilkes. (two copies);e) a copperplate by R. Woodman in three copies, showing a portrait of Boyle, 17.5 x 26.5 cm. Subscript: Robert Boyle. From an original Picture in the possesion of Lord Dover. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London. Published by Charles Knight. Pall Mall East. The socnd copy (on better paper) published by Wm. S. Orr & Co. London. A third copy 28 x 42 cm.;f) a copperplate showing an oval portrait of Boyle in the middle of a symbolising scene with instruments and a female figure, 10 x 15 cm. Subscript: Ex rerum causis supremam noscere causam.