l'Emery (nicolas) - Chemistry Course. Paris, Chez Michallet, 1697.

L'EMERY (Nicolas) - Chemistry course containing the manner of performing the operations which are customary in medicine, by an easy method with reasonings on each operation, for the instruction of those who want to apply themselves to this science. Paris, Chez Etienne Michallet, 1697; in-8, epistle, preface, table, 790 pp., period full marbled calfskin bindings, spine adorned with 5-ribbed flowers, title labels in red morocco, edges painted red. The 2 volumes. The author was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, he was a doctor of medicine. Born in Rouen in 1645, he died in Paris in 1715. A renowned apothecary, he was also an eminent chemist. He is a Protestant and his life is interspersed with problems due to his faith. In 1686, he recanted Protestantism with his wife and children, fully convinced that stubbornness would lead him to ruin. One of the fathers of modern chemistry. 7 boards.