LEMERY, Nicolas (1645-1715). Cours de chymie contenant la maniere de faire les operations qui sont en usage dans la medecine, par une methode facile . Paris: for the author, 1675. 12 o (147 x 81 mm). (Some dampstaining, a few small holes at inner margin on title-page.) 17th-century French mottled calf, spine gilt (head of spine chipped). Provenance : Bernard de Noblet, Chevalier, Comte de Chenelette and Lieutenant des Mareschaux de France (engraved armorial bookplate). RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEMERY'S FAMOUS CHEMICAL TEXTBOOK. "Lemery's highly successful Cours de chymie , which served as the textbook to his popular courses on chemistry, brought French chemical teaching out of the quasi-mystical paracelsian tradition into the mainstream of Cartesian and atomistic natural philosophy" (Norman). It enjoyed unprecedented success and sold, as Fontenelle comments, like a work of romance or satire. Lemery's clear and entertaining presentation of chemistry in corpuscular-mechanist terms contributed to the works overwhelming popularity. It went through numerous editions, and was translated into all the major European languages. Partington III, pp. 28-41; Norman 1329.
LEMERY, Nicolas (1645-1715). Cours de chymie contenant la maniere de faire les operations qui sont en usage dans la medecine, par une methode facile . Paris: for the author, 1675. 12 o (147 x 81 mm). (Some dampstaining, a few small holes at inner margin on title-page.) 17th-century French mottled calf, spine gilt (head of spine chipped). Provenance : Bernard de Noblet, Chevalier, Comte de Chenelette and Lieutenant des Mareschaux de France (engraved armorial bookplate). RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEMERY'S FAMOUS CHEMICAL TEXTBOOK. "Lemery's highly successful Cours de chymie , which served as the textbook to his popular courses on chemistry, brought French chemical teaching out of the quasi-mystical paracelsian tradition into the mainstream of Cartesian and atomistic natural philosophy" (Norman). It enjoyed unprecedented success and sold, as Fontenelle comments, like a work of romance or satire. Lemery's clear and entertaining presentation of chemistry in corpuscular-mechanist terms contributed to the works overwhelming popularity. It went through numerous editions, and was translated into all the major European languages. Partington III, pp. 28-41; Norman 1329.
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