Divers Traictez, a scavoir, de la nature des bains de Bourbon, & des abus qui se commettent à présent en la boisson de ces eaux… - De la Macreuse. - De la Poudre de Sympathie.- Response à Monsieur Papin Docteur en MÉDECINE touchant la Poudre de Sympathie en laquelle est traicté de l'Esprit Universel, & des propriétez de l'Ayman[Various Treatises, namely on the Nature of the Baths of Bourbon, and on the Abuses now Committed in the Drinking of these Waters… – On the Macreuse. – On the Powder of Sympathy. – Reply to Monsieur Papin, Doctor of Medicine, concerning the Powder of Sympathy, in which are discussed the Universal Spirit and the Properties of the Magnet]
Second edition.
Full forest-green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed with gilt dotted lines and decorated with double gilt panels, gilt rolls at head and tail, triple gilt fillets bordering the covers, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt dentelle frame on the inside covers, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets along the edges, an elegant binding signed by Krafft.
Bound following it are:
- Nicolas Papin’s “De pulvere sympathico dissertatio”, printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1650 (8 unnumbered leaves, the last blank, and 40 pp.).
- By the same author, “La poudre de sympathie, deffendue contre les objections de Mr. Cattier, médecin du Roy”, printed in Paris by Siméon Piget in 1651 (4 unnumbered leaves and 56 pp.).
- Isaac Cattier’s “Response à Monsieur Papin Docteur en Medecine, touchant la poudre de sympathie”, printed in Paris by Edme Martin in 1651 (87 pp.).
A fine copy, beautifully preserved in a splendid binding signed by Krafft.