[CHEMISTRY]. MATTE LA FAVEUR (Sébastien). PRACTICE OF CHEMISTRY, divided into four parts. Montpellier, Pech, 1671. Small in-8 (105 X 169 mm) marbled brown basane, ornate spine, gilt title, speckled edges (Binding of the period); (6) ff. title, epistle and notice to the reader, 360 pages, 10 pages table, (17) ff. tables, errata and privilege, 12/13 pl. Lower headband faded, 2 corners dulled, 1st f. of first table bound between pages 46/47. ORIGINAL EDITION "very rare" according to Dorbon. 12 PLATES, including a plate of the coat of arms of Antoine Daquin, dedicatee of the work, a folding table of the explanation of chymic characters and 10/11 plates of baths, furnaces, vessels, retorts, athanors, etc. Work COMPLETE of text leaves but MISSING the PLANCHE opposite page 46 entitled Planche des vaisseaux and of which the 1st table leaf gives the details. ¶ Caillet, III-7225 - Dorbon, 6273: "Very rare".
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