Accession No

3624

Brief Description

book of illustrations related to chemistry, by Prevost, Aubin, Goussier, Defehrt, and leCanu, French, 18th Century

Origin

France

Maker

Prevost Aubin Goussier Defehrt leCanu [draughtsmen and engravers]

Class

chemistry; books

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 391mm; breadth 259mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘CHIMIE,
Contenant vingt-cinq Plances, vingt-quatre simples et unedouble.’ (title, p.1)

Description Notes

Printed book; black and white; containing a series of plates with letter press, illustrating various aspects of chemistry (18 plates remain).

Four pages of letter press in French, with referring descriptions and figure numbers of the chemical apparatus illustrated in each plate.

One folded double page(un-numbered)plate: ‘Laboratoire et table des Raports’ showing an engraving of a chemical laboratory and a table of affinities. The text ‘Prevost Fecit’ and ‘Goussier del.’ is in bottom corners. 440 x 352mm plate mark.

Details of plates:
Pl. I ‘Aubin Fecit’ ‘Caracteres de Chymie’. Approx. 222 x 350mm to plate mark. Page shows symbols for chemical substances.

Pl. II ‘Aubin Fecit’ ‘Caracteres de Chymie’. Approx. 222 x 350mm to plate mark. Page shows symbols for chemical substances.

Pl. III ‘Aubin Fecit’ ‘Caracteres de Chymie’. Approx. 222 x 350mm to plate mark. Page shows symbols for chemical substances.

Pl. IV ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Caracteres de Chymie’. ‘Niodot sculp.’ Page shows symbols for chemical substances.

(Numbering of plates is restarted)

Pl. I ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie, Fourneaux, ustencilles, &c’. Illustrations of furnaces and related equipment.

Pl. II ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. III ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. IV ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. V ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. VI ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. VII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. VIII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. IX ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’ Includes an illustration of burning lenses (figures 108-110).

Pl. X ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. XI ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. XII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. XIII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’ Illustrates various apparatus, including a pill making machine (figures 190-191).

Pl. XIV ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. XV ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’ Illustrates various balances.

Pl. XV bis ‘le Canu’ ‘Chymie’

Pl. XVI ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie, Cristillisation des sels’ Illustrates several dishes of crystallised solids, with different crystal structures.

Pl. XVII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Prevost Fecit’ ‘Chymie’ Illustrates several dishes of crystallised solids, with different crystal structures.

Pl. XVIII ‘Goussier del.’ ‘Defehrt Fecit’ ‘Chymie’ ‘PARADIGMA OPERIS PHILOSOPHICI’ [‘E. Libavio?’] Full page engraving depicting mythical figures and animals, including Mercury/Hermes.

Condition fair (in two pieces, plates XIV to XVIII are separate from plates I to XIII); incomplete (only eighteen of the original 25 plates remain; no title page).

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