[CHEMISTRY]. MACQUER (P.-J.). DICTIONNAIRE DE CHYMIE, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cette science, son application à la Physique, à l'Histoire Naturelle, à la Médecine, & aux Arts dépendans de la Chymie. P., Didot jeune, 1778. Four volumes in-8 marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, title and appendices (contemporary binding). Losses to upper headpieces, small leather losses to three boxes, corners dulled. SECOND EDITION, revised and considerably enlarged, of ONE OF THE FIRST CHEMISTRY DICTIONARIES. ¶ Caillet, 6934, for the 1st edition (1766) in 2 volumes: "Les ouvrages de Macquer sont recherchés, ils contiennent un grand nombre de préceptes de philosophie hermétique, des secrets et des recettes de médecine spagirique."

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