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Photo MYNSICHT, Adrian von. 

MYNSICHT, Adrian von. 

Thesaurus et Armamentarium medico chymicum. 

Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1670.
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600 €

Adrian von Mynsicht (1603-1638) is a German physician and alchemist. In his Thesaurus, he gives us his best recipes of ointments, emplatres, liqueurs for medicine. As always at this time, chemistry, alchemy and pharmacopoeia are closely intertwined.
In the Testamentum Hadrianeum following the Thesaurus, we are given in a versified form the secret of the philosopher's stone of Mynsicht.
Rare edition not spotted by Ferguson, nor Caillet.

Photo WECKER, Jean Jacques. 

WECKER, Jean Jacques. 

Les Secrets et merveilles de nature. 

Lyon, Jean Aymée Candy, 1652.
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600 €

Jean-Jacques Wecker (1528-1585) German physician, philosopher and alchemist. This book contains beauty secrets, advice on destroying parasites, information on dyes, varnishes and gilding, gardening, preserving fruit, making ink, how to remove stains, amusing physics tricks... and more esoteric chapters on demons and alchemy.

Photo [VILLAIN, Etienne-Francois]. 

[VILLAIN, Etienne-Francois]. 

Histoire critique de Nicolas Flamel et de Pernelle sa femme. 

Paris, G. Desprez, 1761.
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500 €

First edition.
Nicolas Flamel, who died in 1418, is undoubtedly the most famous of alchemists, Abbé Villain looks into the historical truth of this character who has become a legend.

Photo BARBA, Alvarez Alphonse. 

BARBA, Alvarez Alphonse. 

Traité de l'art metalique, extrait des Oeuvres d'Alvarez Alfonse Barba, célèbre artiste dans les mines du Potozi, auquel on a joint un mémoire concernant les mines de France; avec un Tarif qui démontre les opérations qu'il faudroit faire pour tirer de ces mines l'or et l'argent qu'en tiroient les Romains lorsqu'ils étoient maîtres de Gaules. 

Paris, Pierre Prault, 1730.
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450 €

First edition in french
Rare book containing curious precepts of hermeticism and data on metal art.

Photo PALISSY, Bernard. 

PALISSY, Bernard. 

Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy revues sur les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi ; avec des notes par M. Faujas de Saint Fond, et des additions par M. Gobet. 

Paris, Ruault, 1777.
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450 €

First edition of the complete works of Bernard Palissy. As always without the portrait and the dedicatory epistle to Franklin, which were deleted by the editor prior to publication.
In this copy a later portrait as been added.

It contains the texts on alchemy, but also on agriculture, geology, botany, ceramics, embalming, engineering, hydrology , medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, mineralogy, paleontology, philosophy, physics, toxicology and zoology.

Palissy, first became famous through his technique for making a rustic enameled earthenware, a skill which gained him the appointment of inventeur des rustiques figurines du roy. Palissy was probably one of the first men in France to teach natural sciences from facts, specimens and demonstrations rather than hypotheses. (DSB).

Photo ETTMULLER, Michel. 

ETTMULLER, Michel. 

Nouvelle Chymie raisonnée. 

Lyon, Thomas Amaulry, 1693.
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400 €

First french edition.
Professor of botany and surgery at the University of Leipzig, Ferguson [I,251] reports that Ettmuller died on March 9, 1683 as a result of an unfortunate chemistry experiment.

Photo EIDOUS, Marc-Antoine. 

EIDOUS, Marc-Antoine. 

Mémoires littéraires sur différens sujets de Physique, de Mathématique, de Chymie, de Médecine, de Géographie, d'Agriculture, d'Histoire naturelle. 

Paris, André Cailleau, 1750.
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150 €

First edition.
Compilation of different texts collected throughout Europe by Eidus on subjects as diverse as the Philosopher's Stone, burning fountains, the increase in yields, the origin of nations ...
The author indicates in the preface that he will publish other memoirs if this first volume is successful, which he did the same year.

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