REUMONT, Gerhard || MONHEIM, Johann Peter Joseph. Analyse des eaux sulfureuses d'Aix-La-Chapelle. 1810.
REUMONT, Gerhard || MONHEIM, Johann Peter Joseph.
Analyse des eaux sulfureuses d'Aix-La-Chapelle.
Aix La Chapelle, J.G. Beaufort, 1810.
8vo (200x125 mm), v-(3)-52 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, flat spine. Spine and edges are very rubbed, corners bumped.
First edition signed by the author Gerhard Reumont (1765-1828).
German doctor, Reumont works in Aachen from 1793. In 1804, he works on the thermal journey of Impératrice Joséphine. Then by order of Napoléon he becomes "thermal waters inspector" .
Aix was part of the French Empire until 1814, and the spa being frequented by the imperial couple, Reumont and Monheim published their study in French.
Price : 90 €