GOSSET, Révélations Cabalistiques d'une Médecine Universelle tirée du Vin, 1735

GOSSET.

Révélations Cabalistiques d'une Médecine Universelle tirée du Vin: avec une manière d'extraire le Sel de Rosée et une Dissertation sur les Lampes Sépulchrales.

Amiens, Aux dépens de l'auteur, 1735.

12mo (167x94 mm), 215-(3) pages. Bound without the permission leaf. binding : Contemporary full vellum, flat spine with title piece. Handwritten notes in margins, underlined text with pencil or ink.

First edition.
Rare alchemical work in which the author describes a panacea derived from wine.
He also discusses the principle of sepulchral lamps, lamps which burn without wear and which were found, it is said, in certain tombs, in particular in that of Tullia, daughter of Cicero. Gosset hopes that the luminous spirits of gold and silver will soon be extracted to distill a "golden oil" which will burn without consuming. This passage is commented on by Gaston Bachelard in his book on the formation of the scientific mind.
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references: Duveen [264 : " A curious and rare book, in which the author claims to have found the universal remedy in substances drawn from wine. There are many references to Paracelsus, to whose teachings Gosset adhered."] Dorbon [1904 : "Ouvrage très rare "].

Price : 1300 €

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