BECHER, Johann (1635-1682). Institutiones chimicae prodromae ... Oedipus chimicus obscuriorum terminorum et principiorum chimicorum, mysteria aperiens et resolvens. Amsterdam: E. Weyerstraten, 1664.
12° (145 x 83mm). Complete with last two leaves comprising list of author's works and final blank, additional engraved title, numismatic plate. (Marginal tear to c12, occasional light scattered spotting.) Later pasteboard binding (extremities rubbed and lightly soiled).
AN IMPORTANT WORK ESTABLISHING THE BASIS FOR THE THEORY OF PHLOGISTON. This manual for chemical and alchemical students covers a wide variety of subjects, including the principles of substance (sulphur and salt), the principles of quality (mercury and salt), and the chemical interpretation of the four elements; terminology, instruments and materials are also reviewed. Johann Becher was a doctor of medicine and mathematics, and acted as physician to the electors of Mainz and Bavaria. Duveen 55; Ferguson I, 87; Neville Library I, 105 ; Osler 1976; Thorndike VIII, 137-38.
BECHER, Johann (1635-1682). Institutiones chimicae prodromae ... Oedipus chimicus obscuriorum terminorum et principiorum chimicorum, mysteria aperiens et resolvens. Amsterdam: E. Weyerstraten, 1664.
12° (145 x 83mm). Complete with last two leaves comprising list of author's works and final blank, additional engraved title, numismatic plate. (Marginal tear to c12, occasional light scattered spotting.) Later pasteboard binding (extremities rubbed and lightly soiled).
AN IMPORTANT WORK ESTABLISHING THE BASIS FOR THE THEORY OF PHLOGISTON. This manual for chemical and alchemical students covers a wide variety of subjects, including the principles of substance (sulphur and salt), the principles of quality (mercury and salt), and the chemical interpretation of the four elements; terminology, instruments and materials are also reviewed. Johann Becher was a doctor of medicine and mathematics, and acted as physician to the electors of Mainz and Bavaria. Duveen 55; Ferguson I, 87; Neville Library I, 105 ; Osler 1976; Thorndike VIII, 137-38.
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