STAHL, Opusculum chymico-physico-medicum, 1715
STAHL, Ernst Georg.
Opusculum chymico-physico-medicum, seu schediasmatum a pluribus annis variis occasionibus in publicum emissorum nunc.
Halle, Orphantrophei, 1715.
4to (211x160 mm), frontispiece, (6)-856-(38)-(2 bl.) pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Joints rubbed. Light waterstain in a corner of paper. Portrait with old repairs on margin, without lack.
First edition.
Important work for the history of chemistry in which Stahl sets out his theories on zymotechnics which in fact lay the foundations of phlogiston, a chemical theory which will dominate the entire 18th century until Lavoisier.
references: Duveen [559 : "This works includes the Zymotechnia fudamentalis in which is to be found the first statement of the phlogiston theory and also Stahl's theory of fermentation."] Ferguson [II, 399] Neville [513 :"First edition(...)The present collection of almost all of Stahl's early works published between 1683 and 1712 includes his writings on assaying and the Zymotechnia fundamentalis (1697), in which is found the first statement of the phlogiston theory and his theory of fermentation; Partington describes Stahl as "one of the outstanding chemists of the eighteen century"].
provenance: Bookplates from Jean Cochon-Dupuy (1674-1757) and Jean Rouché.
Price : 2000 €
