Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Lemery, Nicholas.

Edité par Paris: D’Houry. 1759., 1759

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Nouvelle edition, avec figures. 4to, pp. xxiv + 1019 + 400 engravings on 25 plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down. Complete with half-title, engraved frontis and title page. Dr. Lemery (1645 -1715), French (al)chemist who reintroduced theory to chemistry in order to bridge alchemy and chemistry, making the emergence of the science of chemistry, independent of medicine, possible. The final separation from medicine, however, had to await the work of Boyle. Lemery wrote the most popular French chemistry textbook, Cours de Chimie (1675), and used a mechanical atomistic interpretation of chemical reactions. The first edition of the Dictionnaire was published in Paris (1698). N° de réf. du vendeur PS.017

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Titre : Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples

Éditeur : Paris: D Houry. 1759.

Date d'édition : 1759

Reliure : Couverture rigide