POTT, Johann Heinrich. Dissertations Chymiques. 1759.

Paris, Jean-Thomas Herrissant, 1759.

Quatre volumes in-12 (164x96 mm), xxiv-576 pages / (6)-586 pages / (6)-590 pages / vi-536 pages.  reliure : Pleine basane marbrée de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré portant les pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches rouges, gardes en papier marbré. Quelques coiffes et coins abîmés.

références: Neville [II p. 330 : "An important work, containing translations into French by Jacques François Demachy (1728-1803) of all the Latin and German publications of Pott that had appeared between 1716 and 1757 (...). Rare"], D.S.B. [XI p. 109 : "Pott's principal contribution to chemistry was in the systematic examination of mineral substances. He extended knowledge of several metals, at a time when the traditional notion of a fixed number of metals was changing. He described bismuth fully and added to knowledge of its compounds and those of borax, alkalies, and alkaline earths."].

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