[ALCHIMIE] BOERHAAVE, Herman - Lot 6

[ALCHIMIE] BOERHAAVE, Herman Elémens de chymie A Paris, rue Saint Jacques, au Griffon et à Saint Landry, 1754, 6 volumes in-12, CVI, 1f blank, 272, 46 pp. of tables; IV, C, 334; IV, 336; IV, 228, 212; IV, 466 pp. and 17 folding engraved plates. Restorations to the headpieces and corners, rubbed and partly faded endpapers, some spotting to the boards. Significant distortion in the sixth volume, with traces of dampstaining. The first volume is entirely devoted to the history of alchemy, with numerous references to authors in the field. The next two volumes contain the "Traité du Feu". The other three contain the "Traité de l'Air et celui de l'Eau", the "Traité de la Terre et celui des Menstrues Chymiques" and "Le détail des instrumens et les opérations chymiques". Missing from Caillet. Dorbon 5482 for the 1752 edition in 2 volumes in-8. Ferguson p.112 also describes the 1752 edition in 2 volumes.