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Mineralogy] CORONA, Nicola. Saggio chimico medico ed economico delle qualità venefiche del rame e della salubrità del ferro.Roma, G. Puccinelli, 1796 8vo, 190x115 mm, quarter calf binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine. Sprayed edges. Vignette on the titlepage engraved on copper by Giovanni Ottaviani Some pages with a very slight foxing and brownings. Nice specimen. The first edition of this scientific treatise where the author wants to promote the manifacturing of iron pots in the papal state. "Si tratta di un originale libretto ispirato da intenti scientifici e insieme divulgativi; il Corona, preoccupato della salute dei cittadini e dell'economia dello stato, dimostra gli aspetti negativi della manifattura del rame, rilevando la pericolosità di questo metallo dal momento dell'estrazione a quello della lavorazione e dell'utilizzazione nel vasellame domestico. Al rame il Corona contrappone il ferro "metallo indigeno e salubre". D.B. It., vol. 29, pp. 290-3. ALYON, Pierre Philippe Saggio sulle Proprietà medicinali dell’ossigeno. Venezia, 1801. 8vo, 190x115 mm, quarter calf binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine. Sprayed edges. Nice specimen. First Italian edition and second edition overall, extended by new experiments and notes, to be considered as a first edition for the large revision of the text. After analyzing the action of oxygen during breathing and its influence on animal heat and vegetation, the author investigate, through various well-known and documented practical cases and experiments, on the action of oxygen, of the hydrogen peroxide, of nitric acid. Later he analyzed practical cases observed at the French hospital and the experiences of some British doctors. Finally, he studies the effects of the superfluous potassium muriate, the venereal virulence and its action on the animal economy and the action of mercury and the oxygenated remedies on the human body. Wellcome, II/p. 38; Hirsch, I/107. (1 volume)