1755 - Pivotal Work From Alchemy To Modern Medicine
M. Malouin, or Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) was a pivotal figure in the transition from alchemy to modern medicine. Malouin, with his extensive knowledge of both alchemy and chemistry, played a crucial role in demystifying alchemical traditions. His writings, including contributions to Diderot's Encyclopédie, often tackled alchemical concepts like "Alchimie," "Antimoine," and "Acide." He meticulously examined these concepts contributing to the gradual acceptance of chemistry as a legitimate scientific discipline.
This book includes recipes based on plants, minerals, metals, animals, and even rare substances such as gold, mercury, phosphorus and antimony. Malouin also discusses the principles of distillation, fermentation, crystallization, sublimation, and other chemical processes. This volume is an especially interesting copy of this work published in 1755 by D’Houry, a famous Parisian bookseller.
1755. M. Malouin. Chimie Médicinale. Volume I. 630pp. w/errata and 2 endpapers. Antique marginalia on errata page and lightly throughout. Index pp. 621-30. Good condition of the binding, work in its period full calfskin, scuffs, rubbed corners, red edges, spine richly decorated with golden fleurons, golden titling and volume numbers. Good interior condition, small trace of water, pretty headbands, beautiful initial, marbled endpapers.
M. Malouin, or Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) was a pivotal figure in the transition from alchemy to modern medicine. Malouin, with his extensive knowledge of both alchemy and chemistry, played a crucial role in demystifying alchemical traditions. His writings, including contributions to Diderot's Encyclopédie, often tackled alchemical concepts like "Alchimie," "Antimoine," and "Acide." He meticulously examined these concepts contributing to the gradual acceptance of chemistry as a legitimate scientific discipline.
This book includes recipes based on plants, minerals, metals, animals, and even rare substances such as gold, mercury, phosphorus and antimony. Malouin also discusses the principles of distillation, fermentation, crystallization, sublimation, and other chemical processes. This volume is an especially interesting copy of this work published in 1755 by D’Houry, a famous Parisian bookseller.
1755. M. Malouin. Chimie Médicinale. Volume I. 630pp. w/errata and 2 endpapers. Antique marginalia on errata page and lightly throughout. Index pp. 621-30. Good condition of the binding, work in its period full calfskin, scuffs, rubbed corners, red edges, spine richly decorated with golden fleurons, golden titling and volume numbers. Good interior condition, small trace of water, pretty headbands, beautiful initial, marbled endpapers.
M. Malouin, or Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) was a pivotal figure in the transition from alchemy to modern medicine. Malouin, with his extensive knowledge of both alchemy and chemistry, played a crucial role in demystifying alchemical traditions. His writings, including contributions to Diderot's Encyclopédie, often tackled alchemical concepts like "Alchimie," "Antimoine," and "Acide." He meticulously examined these concepts contributing to the gradual acceptance of chemistry as a legitimate scientific discipline.
This book includes recipes based on plants, minerals, metals, animals, and even rare substances such as gold, mercury, phosphorus and antimony. Malouin also discusses the principles of distillation, fermentation, crystallization, sublimation, and other chemical processes. This volume is an especially interesting copy of this work published in 1755 by D’Houry, a famous Parisian bookseller.
1755. M. Malouin. Chimie Médicinale. Volume I. 630pp. w/errata and 2 endpapers. Antique marginalia on errata page and lightly throughout. Index pp. 621-30. Good condition of the binding, work in its period full calfskin, scuffs, rubbed corners, red edges, spine richly decorated with golden fleurons, golden titling and volume numbers. Good interior condition, small trace of water, pretty headbands, beautiful initial, marbled endpapers.