Chemistry - Alchemy - Lot 570

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Chemistry - Alchemy - Lot 570
Chemistry - Alchemy GLAUBER (Johann Rudolph) Furni novi philosophici, sive Descriptio artis destillatoriae novae; Nec non Spirituum, Oleorum Florum, aliorumque Medicamentorum illius beneficio Amsterdam, Jansson, 1658 (part I), 1661 (part II), 1664 (part III), 1668 (part IV), 1651 (part V) (Bound in continuation) De auri tinctura sive Auro potabili vero (Jansson, 1651). (Bound in sequence) Tractatus de Medecina Universali, sive Auro potabili vero (Jansson, 1658). (Bound in sequence) Apologia contra Mendaces Christophori Farnneri calumnias (Amsterdam, 1655). 6 parts and 3 other works in a row in one volume in-8: 67pp., (3) - 148pp. 2f. - 55pp. - 83pp, (2) - 54pp. - 72pp. - 22pp. - 75pp. and (2) - 94pp. illustrated with 6 plates out of the text, 2 of which are folding, and with figures in the text representing philosophical furnaces, retorts and other utensils. Some passages underlined. Posterior stiff vellum, handwritten title on spine, small lack of skin at head, edges speckled with red. Translation of these "Philosophical Furnaces" (original edition in German, 1646-1649), one of the most remarkable works on chemistry and metallurgy of the 17th century. Glauber was at the initiative of many technical advances in chemistry, including some improvements of distillation furnaces. Deals mainly with the spirit of salt to which the author attributes many virtues, the manufacture of precious stones and distillation. Illustrated with 3 folding plates and 8 full-page woodcuts or in texto representing philosophical furnaces, retorts and other utensils. First edition of "De auri tinctura sive Auro potabili vero..." dealing with the way to make drinking gold. (Dorbon 1879)(Caillet II, 4573)
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