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462 - SAGE, Balthasar-Georges, *Elements of Docimastic Mineralogy* [...]. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1777, 2 vols., in-8°: xlvii-[1]-339, [2]-400-xlvi-[2] pp.; 3 half-titles (slight water stain at the end of vol. I, a few small marginal defects, marginal worm damage on the last 3 folios of vol. II). Marbled sheepskin of the period, spines decorated with gilt raised bands, red edges (minor scuffs, slight worm damage, worn joints, 1 cap missing). Second edition (orig.: 1772, 1 vol.), corrected and substantially expanded with numerous experiments, by the French chemist B.-G. Sage (1740–1824), considered the founder of docimasia in France and the founder of the first École des Mines. Illustrated (complete set) with 3 plates: 1 frontispiece portrait engraved by Beauvarlet after Colson, 1 engraved table (chemical symbols), 1 folded printed table (combinations of phosphoric acid). Ref. Sinkankas 5683. - Cole 1144. - Schuh 4244. - Ward & Carozzi 1944. Formerly owned by Eugène Gilbert (with an “alchemical” bookplate). - Old "ex dono" inscription crossed out on the title pages: "for the Capuchins of Valréas/Fr. Anselme."
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SAGE, Balthasar-Georges, *Elements of Docimastic Mineralogy* [...]. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1777, 2 vols., in-8°: xlvii-[1]-339, [2]-400-xlvi-[2] pp.; 3 half-titles (slight water stain at the end of vol. I, a few small marginal defects, marginal worm damage on the last 3 folios of vol. II). Marbled sheepskin of the period, spines decorated with gilt raised bands, red edges (minor scuffs, slight worm damage, worn joints, 1 cap missing). Second edition (orig.: 1772, 1 vol.), corrected and substantially expanded with numerous experiments, by the French chemist B.-G. Sage (1740–1824), considered the founder of docimasia in France and the founder of the first École des Mines. Illustrated (complete set) with 3 plates: 1 frontispiece portrait engraved by Beauvarlet after Colson, 1 engraved table (chemical symbols), 1 folded printed table (combinations of phosphoric acid). Ref. Sinkankas 5683. - Cole 1144. - Schuh 4244. - Ward & Carozzi 1944. Formerly owned by Eugène Gilbert (with an “alchemical” bookplate). - Old "ex dono" inscription crossed out on the title pages: "for the Capuchins of Valréas/Fr. Anselme."
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