Lot n° 210
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150 - 200
EUR
QUESNOT. Several rare and curious secrets, for the cure of d - Lot 210
QUESNOT. Several rare and curious secrets, for the cure of diseases; for the Metallique, the Oeconomique, and the Teintures, the Medicine of the Flos-coeli; and other curiositez.
A Paris, chez Aubouyn, Pilorget, Jombert, Aubert, 1708. In-12, [9] f., 285 p., [1] f. (privil), contemporary havana calf, spine with 5 nerves and ornamented, garnet-red title-piece, gilt roulette at the edges, edges speckled, restorations (very light wetness in the margin of qq. pages, freckles).
Rare and curious collection of recipes, some of which touch on alchemy, others are remedies, others still relate to the preparation of food and drink. A woodcut figure on page 43 shows a distillation apparatus. Initials in the margin of the title. (Caillet 9041).
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