The art of distillation, or, A treatise of the choisest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation : being partly taken out of the most select chymicall authors of severall languages, and partly out of the authors manuall experience : together with the description of the chiefest furnaces and vessels used by ancient, and moderne chymists : also, a discourse of divers spagyrical experiments and curiosities, and of the anatomy of gold and silver, with the chiefest preparations, and curiosities thereof, and vertues of them all : all which are contained in six books

Alternate Title:

Art of distillation; Treatise of the choicest spagyricall preparations performed by way of distillation; Of the art of distillation

Name:

French, John, 1616-1657

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1651

Language:

English

Provenance:

Institute of Chemistry Library (stamp)

Publisher:

Printed by Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Thomas Williams ..

Subject:

Distillation -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800; Chemistry; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800; Alchemy; Distillation

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 199 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 19 cm (4to)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Signatures: A⁴ *⁴ [par.]⁴ B-2E⁴.; Numerous woodcut illustrations; woodcut headpieces and initials.; Errata on recto of last leaf.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, E.F. Smith Collection, TP589 .F74

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)