Author: GLASER, Christophle:
Title: Traité de la Chymie enseignant par une brieve et facile méthode toutes ses plus nécessaires preparations. Troisième (3e) edition, revue & augmentée par l'Autheur.
Description: Lyon, Pierre (& Benoit) Bailly, 1670, in-8vo, 10 ff. n.n. (titre gravé + titre impr., épître, préface, table) + 394 p. + 2 ff. (privilège de 1663) + 3 planches dépl., reliure en velin ivoire d'époque, tranches jaunes. Bel exemplaire. ¶ 'Il est curieux de voir quelle conception l'empoisonneur Glaser se faisait de la chimie ...' (Caillet). Dans ce traité on trouve de nombreuses formules de médecine hermétique. The work is devided into two books: book 1 briefly describes the utility, definitions, principles operations, and apparatus of chemistry; book 2 is devoted to a description of medicinal preparations drawn from the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. The section devoted to the mineral remedies is by far the largest. Little is new in these preparations, although Glaser displays individual refinements of technique. 'Due to his influence on Lemery, Glaser's importance for the development of chemistry was greater than the contents of his book first indicate' (DSB). 'Glaser is remembered for his method of making potassium sulphate, and to the native salt his name is attached. It is called Glaserit ... His one book was successful' (Ferguson). Christoph Glaser was born and trained as a pharmacist in Basle, Switzerland. About 1660 he settled in Paris, where he opened an apothecary's shop in the Faubourg Saint-Germain. Here he prospered, becoming apothecary in ordinary to Louis XIV and to the king's brother, the duke of Orleans. In 1662 he was appointed demonstrator in chemistry at the Jardin du Roi in Paris. 'Glaser largely eschewed theory and was content with a straightforward, concise recital of chemical operations and recipes. In spite of considerable competition, Glaser's textbook enjoyed some success. The fourteen editions recorded between 1666 and 1710 include one English and five German versions. ...' (DSB). Full contemporary overlapping vellum binding, fine copy. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Cf. Caillet II/167-168 and I/2201 (under Charas, Moyse); DSB V/417-418

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