Foureroy,A.F.
Chemische Philosophie oder Grundwahrheiten der neuen Chemie. Trans…

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Foureroy,A.F. Chemische Philosophie oder Grundwahrheiten der neuen Chemie. Translated from the French by J.S.T.Gehler. Lpz., Crusius 1796. 182 pp. Softcover in red cloth. Rsch. (Scuffed and worn). - Numerous underlines in red pencil, some hs. Annotations. - Rare.

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Foureroy,A.F. Chemische Philosophie oder Grundwahrheiten der neuen Chemie. Translated from the French by J.S.T.Gehler. Lpz., Crusius 1796. 182 pp. Softcover in red cloth. Rsch. (Scuffed and worn). - Numerous underlines in red pencil, some hs. Annotations. - Rare.

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[Chemistry] [Pharmacy] GEOFFROY (Etienne-François): Tractatus de materia medica, sive de medicamentorum simplicium. Historia, virtute, delectu & usu. Parisiis, Joannis Desaint & Caroli Saillant, 1741, 3 volumes. 12 by 19.5 cm. (4)-197-(3)-318-(6) pages + 1 folding plate; (4)-794-(6) pages and (4)-836 pages. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, ornate bindings, red title-pieces. Minor old and well-executed restorations, very good condition of binding. Paper sometimes slightly foxed. 1) De fossilibus ; 2) De vegetabilibus exoticis ; 3) De vegetabilibus indigenis. First edition. Conlon 41: 497; European Americana 741: 93; Muller, Biblio. des Kaffee 91. "Previously 1st published, London, 1736, as Geoffroy's "A treatise of the fossil vegetable, and animal substances that are made use of in physick", which purports to be based upon a ms. of the author's lectures. American plants include balsam of Peru, cacao, ipecacuanha, Jamaica pepper, Virginian snakeroot, etc." (European Americana). "Etienne-François Geoffroy, a native of Paris, was a master apothecary and doctor of medicine in Paris. Geoffroy proposed a classification of chemical substances according to their greater or lesser "disposition to unite" with a reference substance. The idea that some substances could unite more easily than others was not new, but Geoffroy took credit for bringing together all available information in a large general table, later called the affinity table. The controversy between him and Louis LEMERY, one of his colleagues at the Académie, bears witness to the new way of practicing science, with everyone putting forward a conjecture that they tried to corroborate with experiments, and proposing new experiments to refute the opposing conjecture. This new art of scientific debate was to provide a solid foundation for the emerging science of chemistry.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

CROSS Two customized Merck ballpoint pens twist mechanism, gold-plated metal body, clips customized by the company "Merk" with brilliants and color stones. Merck KGaA is a chemical and pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. Length 13.2 cm. Weight 19 gr each. Case dimensions 2 x 16 x 5.5 cm. Weight with case 122 gr each. Accompanied by original boxes. Item condition grading: **** very good. The pens could need a new refill before use.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

CROLL, Oswald. Basilica Chymica, Pluribus Selectis et Secretissimis propria manuali experientia approbatis descriptionibus, & usu remediorum Spagyricorum aucta a Johan. Hartmanno.[In fine:] Venice, Combi, 1643 3 parts in one volume in 16mo. 155x95 mm. Binding in full stiff vellum, manuscript title on spine, renewed guard sheets. Pages 469, (11); 204, (2), last blank paper missing; 104, (48). Colophon with printing date at end of parts 1 and 2. 48-page final index. 2 illustrations of amulets on pages 357 and 362 and numerous alchemical symbols. Slight traces of use and some spotting, good copy. Rare edition edited by Johann Hartmann, who adds his annotations. The book is divided into three parts: the "Basilica Chymica" i.e. the 'Royal Chemistry,' in which Croll illustrates the use of chemical remedies for the treatment of diseases; the "Praefatio admonitoria" a long dissertation in which Paracelsus' doctrines are expounded; and the "Tractatus de Signaturis, 'Treatise of Signatures,' where the relations of plants to the different parts of the human body are given. At the end of the third part are alchemical symbols and characters representing chemical and mineral substances. Stillman: "Oswald Crollius... was another influential advocate of Paracelsus, and a contributor to the chemical remedies. His Basilica Chymica... was his most popular work. It contained an exposition of the teachings of Paracelsus, a treatise on materia medica in which he emphasizes the chemical medicines, and a treatise on the doctrine of Signatures, a subject also treated in the Paracelsian literature, and which assumes that medicinal plants or other sources of medicine bear some symbol or sign of their value for medicine in their color, shape or other visible sign, by which God intends that their shall become known to those expert and wise in the interpretation of these signs." DSB: "The Basilica chymica became the standard scientific work of iatrochemistry. "Cf. Caillet, 2702. Ferguson I, 187; DSB 3, 471; Magica Casanatense 335. Dorbon, 945 for other editions. Stillman, Early Chemistry, pp. 354-55. Bibliotheca Hermetica, p. 80. 3 parts in one volume in 16mo. 155x95mm. Full vellum binding, handwritten title on the spine, new endpapers. Pages 469, (11); 204, (2), the last blank leaf is missing; 104, (48). Colophon with printing date at the end of parts 1 and 2. Final index of 48 pages. 2 illustrations of amulets on pages 357 and 362 and numerous alchemical symbols. Slight traces of use and some stains, good copy. Rare edition edited by Johann Hartmann, who adds his annotations. The book is divided into three parts: the "Basilica Chymica" that is the 'Real Chemistry', in which Croll illustrates the use of chemical remedies for the treatment of diseases; the "Praefatio admonitoria" a long dissertation in which the doctrines of Paracelsus are exposed; the "Tractatus de Signaturis, 'Treatise of signatures', where the relationships of plants with the different parts of the human body are indicated. At the end of the third part, the alchemical symbols representing the chemical and mineral substances are shown.Stillman: "Oswald Crollius... was another influential advocate of Paracelsus, and a contributor to the chemical remedies. His Basilica Chymica... was his most popular work. It contained an exposition of the teachings of Paracelsus, a treatise on materia medica in which he emphasizes the chemical medicines, and a treatise on the doctrine of Signatures, a subject also treated in the Paracelsian literature, and which assumes that medicinal plants or other sources of medicine bear some symbol or sign of their value for medicine in their color, shape or other visible sign, by which God intends that their shall become known to those expert and wise in the interpretation of these signs." DSB: "The Basilica chymica became the standard scientific work of iatrochemistry."

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

MEAD, Richard. Mechanica expositio venenorum. Amstelaedami, et denuo Neapoli, expensis Bernardini Gessarii, 1739 8vo, 190x115 mm. Rustic binding. Handwritten author's name on spine. Pp. [8], 223, [1]. One folded table card. At c. I6r begins with buttonhole: Richardi Mead... Tractatus de imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, et morbis inde oriundis; at c. N4r begins with buttonhole: Hermanni Boerhaave... De mercurio experimenta in transactionibus Regiae Societatis Londinensis anni 1733.Woodworm hole to title page and first two papers. A few pages browned. Otherwise good marginal and bearded copy. Volume bringing together three rare works on esotericism and chemistry. Important dissertation on animal "poisons": viper, tarantula, rabid dog, mineral and vegetable, and of the air. One chapter is devoted to opium. Mead's second treatise deals with astral influences on the human body and is considered the starting point of Mesmer's theory and the source of his first work, "Dissertatio physico-medica de planetarum influxu," published in 1766. The last treatise is one of Boerhaave's rarest chemistry works, devoted to the use of mercury. 8vo, 190x115 mm. Sewing binding. Name of the author handwritten on the spine. Pp. [8], 223, [1]. One folded plate. On leaf 16r with halftitle: Richardi Mead... Tractatus de imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana, et morbis inde oriundis; on l. N4r with halftitle: Hermanni Boerhaave... De mercurio experimenta in transactionibus Regiae Societatis Londinensis anni 1733.Wormhole on titlepage of the first two leaves. Some brownings. Good uncut copy with wide margins. Volume that brings together three rare works of esotericism and chemistry. The dissertation on animal "poisons" is important: viper, tarantula, mad dog, minerals and vegetables, and air. A chapter is devoted to opium. Mead's second treatise deals with astral influences on the human body and is considered the starting point of Mesmer's theory and the source of his first work: "Dissertatio physico-medica de planetarum influxu," published in 1766. The last treatise is one of Boerhaave's rarest chemistry works, dedicated to the use of mercury.

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