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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Alchimia - Glauber, Johann Rudolph

Novum lumen chymicum, 1664

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Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius and Elizaeus Weyerstraet, 1664. In 8th. Woodcut frieze on the title page, initials engraved in wood, with the last white, slight blooms, some stains, binding of a later period in hardcover.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this important work by the German pharmacist, chemist and alchemist who in 1625 prepared sodium sulphate decahydrate, named in his honor Glauber's salt.