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an old book with a picture of a man in a mantle
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Chemistry Kunckel (von Löwenstern), Johannes Collegium Physico-Chymicum Experimentale, or Laboratorium Chymicum, (...). In which the true principles of nature (...) are discussed clearly and thoroughly, together with the transmutation and refinement of metals. With a complete index and a preface, edited by J.C. Engelleder. With 1 portrait as a frontispiece and 1 folded copperplate. Hamburg and Leipzig, Heyl, 1716. 19 leaves, 737 pp., 18 leaves of contemporary paper with handwritten title page (slightly stained). First edition. – Ferguson I, 483 – Cole 732 – Caillet, 5855 – Thorndike, VIII, 380 – Honeyman, 1863 - One of the most important works by the Rendsburg-based glassmaker, apothecary and chemist, which, in addition to his scientific writings, also contains his alchemical treatises and experiments. - “That Kunckel is still bound by the traditions of alchemy, yet at the same time is already … paves the way for chemistry as a science is demonstrated by his numerous scientific experiments, which J. G. Engelleder published posthumously as the ‘Collegium Physico-Chymicum Experimentale’” (NDB XIII, 288). - Title page verso bears an old stamp (“Carl-Alexander-Bibliothek Eisenach”); flyleaf verso has an old handwritten ownership entry. Slightly browned and, unusually, with brief marginal notes. Chemistry. – Rare first edition of this famous chemical handbook, the most important work by the leading German chemist of the second half of the seventeenth century. – 19th-century vellum. - The reverse side of the title page bears an old stamp (“Carl-Alexander Library, Eisenach”), whilst the reverse side of the flyleaf has an old handwritten ownership inscription. Slightly browned and, unusually, with occasional brief marginal notes.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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