Etienne-François Geoffroy - Tractatus de materia medica,.... - 1741
編號 88125283
GEOFFROY (Etienne-François) : Tractatus de materia medica, sive de medicamentorum simplicium. Historia, virtute, delectu & usu. 1741, 3 volumes.
Three octavo volumes:
(4)-197-(3)-318-(6) pages + folding plate
(4)-794-(6) pages and
(4)-836 pages.
Full calf binding, with restoration.
Some toning but a nice set of the first edition:
1) De fossilibus ; 2) De vegetabilibus exoticis ; 3) De vegetabilibus indigenis.
A first edition of an interesting work of materia medica, which has its author toying with alchemical ideas: he did not believe in the philosopher's stone, but nevertheless he believed that iron could be artificially formed in the combustion of vegetable matter. His work here collates observations on the actions of substances one upon another, showing the varying degrees of affinity exhibited by analogous bodies for different reagents, and sets out a table of affinities. This notion -- and the table itself -- was very influential and the Geoffroy's book went through many editions:
GEOFFROY (Etienne-François) : Tractatus de materia medica, sive de medicamentorum simplicium. Historia, virtute, delectu & usu. 1741, 3 volumes.
Three octavo volumes:
(4)-197-(3)-318-(6) pages + folding plate
(4)-794-(6) pages and
(4)-836 pages.
Full calf binding, with restoration.
Some toning but a nice set of the first edition:
1) De fossilibus ; 2) De vegetabilibus exoticis ; 3) De vegetabilibus indigenis.
A first edition of an interesting work of materia medica, which has its author toying with alchemical ideas: he did not believe in the philosopher's stone, but nevertheless he believed that iron could be artificially formed in the combustion of vegetable matter. His work here collates observations on the actions of substances one upon another, showing the varying degrees of affinity exhibited by analogous bodies for different reagents, and sets out a table of affinities. This notion -- and the table itself -- was very influential and the Geoffroy's book went through many editions:
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