1470 - Lemery, N.

Lemery, N. Treatise on Antimony, containing the chemical analysis of this mineral, and a collection of a large number of experiments reported to the Royal Academy of Sciences, along with the reasoning deemed necessary. A work useful to physicians and to all who practice medicine. Paris, Boudot 1707. (xviii), 620, (24) p. Calf, gilt on spine, red label, some slight foxing, top of spine slightly damaged. Very rare first edition. DSB VIII, p. 174: "His (Lemery’s) last major work was *Traité de l’antimoine* (1707), which contains the results of his investigation into the properties and preparations of mineral antimony, his chosen topic of research upon admission to the Academy of Sciences in 1699. It is a thorough and systematic collection of antimony preparations arranged according to preparation technique, but it does not differ in spirit or style from the section on antimony in the *Cours de chymie*." - 44.