Author: P.T. Med. Doct. [= Carolus de MAETS?].
Title: Chemia rationalis rationibus philosophicis, observationibus medicis, debitis dosibus, &c. illustrata, cum indice capitum, medicamentorum, eorumque dosium. Accedit Praxis chymiatrica rationalis, demonstrans qua in re singularum partium consistat operatio, per quam causam tollatur, & per quænam remedia (utpote chymicalia vegetabilibus justa methodo mixta) possit restitui. Cum triplici indice. Uno capitum, altero remediorum, tertio simplicium, ad calcem adjecto. Leiden, Jacobus Mocquee, 1687. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With woodcut title vignettes, initials, and head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum, blue sprinkled edges.
Description: [4], 168, [8]; [2], 154, [22] pp.First issue of the first (and only Latin) edition of a scarce medical work on medicaments and recipes (part 1) and the various illnesses (part 2). The work was published in Leiden in 1687 and reprinted in 1690. While the author was a medical doctor whose name is given on the title page only as "P.T. Med. Doct.", the work has also been cautiously ascribed to Dutch physician and chemist Carel de Maets (1640-1690). The present work is very scarce, as it practically never appears on the market and we have not been able to trace another copy in sales records of the last 100 years.The chapter titles include (part 1): i: De tincturis; ii: De variis metallorum cacinationibuse; iii: De antimonii; iv: De mercurii calcinatione; … xxiv: Methodus praeparandi furnos; and (part 2: Praxis chymiatrica rationalis …): i: De apoplexia; ii: De paralysi; iii: De epilepsia; … xxxi: De Scorbuto; xxxii: De lienteria & fluxu coeliaco.A German translation was published in Frankfurt & Leipzig in 1696.Binding slightly dust-soiled, some occasional minor stains at the end of the book (not affecting the text), but otherwise in good condition.l STCN 213309319 (2 copies, none in The Netherlands); WorldCat 1226222759, 1025500646, 488615522, 645553745, 181690527, 504353006, 311340285, 901671497, 1228912451, 311931098 (36 copies in public institutions); cf. STCN 213309475 (2 copies; separate record for part 2 but available copies bound together with those mentioned in STCN 213309319); not in BMN; Duveen; Poggendorff.

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