Quinti. Les admirables secrets de la médecine chimique. 1711
QUINTI, Joseph.
Les admirables secrets de la médecine chimique qu'il a recueillis avec beaucoup de soin & de travail : lesquels ont été plus d'une fois expérimentez par lui-même en plusieurs infirmitez, & maladies dangereuses.
A Liège et se vend à Liège, J.F. Broncart, 1711.
750 €
12mo (142x85 mm), frontispiece, (10)-281-(7) pages and 2 plates.
binding: Nineteenth-century green paper boards, flat spine, title in gilt on lettering-piece.
Three first leaves (including title page) chipped and soiled. Binding rubbed, caps and corners worn.
Rare first edition.
Ferguson says that it's a translation of a collection of secrets by Domenico Auda.
Works divided into four books containing formulas on hermetic medicine, recipes for removing stains, to recognize if the coral, porcelain and pearls are counterfeit, for making varnishes, lacquers, stains, perfumes, ...
The last book is dedicated to the astrology useful and necessary for doctors.
references: Dorbon [3838 : "Ouvrage inconnu des bibliographies"], Duveen [p. 494], Ferguson [Books of secrets p. 25].
