Bernard Palissy - Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy [alchimie] - 1777-1777

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Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy [alchimie], a single volume in quarto bound in contemporary leather with red edges, printed in 1777 by Chez Ruault, Paris, 734 pages, French language, subjects natural history, agriculture and science, in good condition.

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Ruault, Paris, 1777.
Full calf from the period, back with five nerves bearing the title piece, red edges, one quarto volume, (4), ix-lxxvi, 734 pages. Faded binding with a leather loss at the bottom of the spine, rounded corners. The first collective edition of the Works of Bernard Palissy, as always without the portrait, dedicatory epistle to Franklin.
His texts on alchemy include 'Metals and Alchemy' and 'Drinking Gold,' but also cover agriculture, geology, botany, ceramics, embalming, engineering, hydrology, medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, mineralogy, paleontology, philosophy, physics, toxicology, and zoology. Palissy is recognized for his work in preparing enamels applied to pottery, but above all, he was one of the first scientists to advocate for the experimental method and to prioritize it over theory.

Ruault, Paris, 1777.
Full calf from the period, back with five nerves bearing the title piece, red edges, one quarto volume, (4), ix-lxxvi, 734 pages. Faded binding with a leather loss at the bottom of the spine, rounded corners. The first collective edition of the Works of Bernard Palissy, as always without the portrait, dedicatory epistle to Franklin.
His texts on alchemy include 'Metals and Alchemy' and 'Drinking Gold,' but also cover agriculture, geology, botany, ceramics, embalming, engineering, hydrology, medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, mineralogy, paleontology, philosophy, physics, toxicology, and zoology. Palissy is recognized for his work in preparing enamels applied to pottery, but above all, he was one of the first scientists to advocate for the experimental method and to prioritize it over theory.

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Number of Books
1
Subject
Agriculture, Natural History, Science
Book Title
Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy [alchimie]
Author/ Illustrator
Bernard Palissy
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1777
Publication year youngest item
1777
Height
26 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
21 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Chez Ruault, Libraire, rue de la Harpe
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
734
FranceVerified
1856
Objects sold
98.25%
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