STAHL, Georg Ernst: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Georg Ernst STAHL
Traité des sels dans lequel on démontre qu'ils sont composés d'une terre subtile intimement combinée avec de l'eau
Chez Vincent|à Paris 1771|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
French first edition, translated by Baron d'Holbach.

Contemporary full brown glazed and marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Garnet morocco title label. Headcaps, joints, edges and corners restored. Browning to margins of title page.
Bookplate, Library of Henri Tardivi.
Major work by the German chemist Stahl, who developed the famous phlogistic theory, which dominated chemistry until the end of the 18th century. Stahl himself had borrowed the notion from his master Becker. Although this theory was invalidated by Lavoisier, it was very important because for the first time in history, a principle unified all of chemistry. In his theory of salts, the auth
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Johann Joachim BECHER, Georg Ernst STAHL
Physica subterranea profundam subterraneorum genesin, e principiis hucusque ignotis, ostendens. Opus sine pari, primum hactenus et princeps, edito novissima. [...] et Specimen Beccherianum, fondamentorum documentorum, experimentorum, subjunxit Georg. Ernestus Stahl, D.[Subterranean physics, showing the profound genesis of subterranean phenomena, from principles hitherto unknown. A work without a peer, the first and foremost, published most recently. [...] and Specimen Beccherianum, foundational documents, experiments, supervised by Georg. Ernestus Stahl, D.]
Ex officina Weidmanniana|Lipsiae [Leipzig] [Leipzig] 1738|18 x 21 cm|relié
The last edition, the first having appeared in Frankfurt in 1669. Very fine engraved allegorical frontispiece. The work has a preface by Georg Ernst Stahl and a second part paginated separately, entitled Specimen Beccherianum Fondamentorum Documentorum Experimentorum by the same. The work is in five parts, called “Physica Subterranea”, “Experimentum Chimicum Novum quo Artificialis et instantanea Metallorum Generatio et Transmutatio ad oculum demonstrator”, “In Physicam Subterraneam demontratio philosophica seu Theses Chimica” and “Experimentum novum ac curiosum de Minera Arenaria Perpetua”.
Contemporary vellum, ink title to head of spine, all edges speckled red. A few leaves a
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Georg Ernst STAHL
Traité du soufre ou remarques sur la dispute qui s'est élevée entre les chymistes au sujet du soufre, tant commun, combustible ou volatil, que fixe, &c.
Chez Pierre-François Didot|à Paris 1766|9.50 x 17.30 cm|relié
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Georg Ernst STAHL

Traité des sels dans lequel on démontre qu'ils sont composés d'une terre subtile intimement combinée avec de l'eau

Traité du soufre ou remarques sur la dispute qui s'est élevée entre les chymistes au sujet du soufre, tant commun, combustible ou volatil, que fixe, &c.