GONTARD, J..A. || FIZES, Antoine. Cours de Chymie de Montpellier. 1749.
GONTARD, J..A. || FIZES, Antoine.
Cours de Chymie de Montpellier.
s.l., s.n., 1749.
12mo (165x105 mm), viii-191 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, spine gilt in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece. Binding rubbed, caps worn. pp 152-160 soiled.
First edition.
Chemistry course given by Antoine Fizes (1689-1765) at the University of Montpellier and transcribed by Gontard who followed these courses for seven years.
"It is only a heap of the true feelings on the operations and the chymo remedies of one of the most enlightened doctors of our century, they are oracles issued from his mouth, which I have given all my care to collect during seven years that I had the benefit of attending his Chymie Speeches. " (Gontard in the preface).