Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1745.
Un volume in-12 (163x101 mm), xxiv-343 pages. reliure : Plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré portant la pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Coins un peu abîmés.
références: Neville [I, p.127-128 :" The first edition of 'Siris' (Dublin, 1744) wasquickly followed by several London editions, with translations into French (1745), Dutch (1747), German (1747, and Swedish (1744). The history of the beneficial uses of tar water is given, with references to Helmont, Boyle, Evelyn, Newton, et al., and lists of the substances isolated from mineral and vegetable tars by solvent extraction, distillation, expression, etc. Despite its chemical interest, no edition is cited in the usual early chemical bibliographies."].
Prix : 150 €