Alchemian work by Palassy from 1636
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ALCHEMY. PALISSY, BERNARD DE. Le moyen de devenir riche, et la manière véritable par laquelle tous les hommes de la France - Seconde partie du Moyen de devenir riche, contenant les Discours admirables de la nature des eaux et fontaines tant naturelles qu'artificielles... Paris (R. Foüet) 1636. 2 parts in one binding.
8vo. (170x110 mm). (16), 255 (i.e. 205), (15, 1 blank), 526 pp. Lacking 3 blank pages at end of part 1 and 2 pages at the end of part 2.
Later (19th century) half calf, gilt spine with red label, marbled endpapers, slightly worn, lower spine with minor damage, split inner upper joint, red edges. Some scribbling to endpapers. Some minor soiling and foxing.
Dorbon-Aine: Bibliotheca Esoterica, 3450.
First collected edition of Palissy´s two major books: La recepte véritable (1st ed. 1563) and Discours admirables (1st ed. 1580).
The book is divided into several chapters, concerning many different topics, amongst others water, metals and their nature and generation, drugs, ice, different types of salts and their nature, effects, and methods of generation, characteristics of common and precious stones, clay and marl, and the potter´s art.
Auktionsnummer:
6404
Datum:
2015-06-16