Chemistry. BOERHAAVE. Elementa Chemiae … Tomus primus (-secundus).

3 parts in 2 vols. in 4to, mm. 250x190; contemporary marbled calf binding, back with 6 sections with rich gilt title and ornaments, marbled endpapers, red edges; 476, (62, , XVII plates ; pp. (8), 346, (48, Index); pp. (4), 231, (3), 2 plates in the text. 3 titlepages, woodcut initials, headpieces and endpieces, round and italic type. A total of 17 plates o.t. with the instruments and chemicals objects and 2 engravings in the text in the third part. Some scattered, but nice specimen with margin.

New edition of this important work, based on the 1732 edition of Leiden, the largest edited by the author. Ferguson: "One of his most important works is the treatise on chemistry, which was based on notes of his lectures, but was afterwards revised by himself." The first volume is a kind of history of chemistry; the second describes in detail the experiments carried out, over 200; the third part contains the Opuscula omnia, which contains orations and scattered writings on medical and anatomical topics: the letters sent to F. Ruysch in 1721 with the latter's answers are also published.