Jean-Thomas Hérissant

First edition of Étienne Bourdet’s major treatise, published in Paris in 1757 in two volumes, eleven years after the second edition of Pierre Fauchard’s Le Chirurgien Dentiste. The work is illustrated with 13 folding engraved plates depicting instruments, appliances and dental procedures.

 

Contemporary full mottled tan calf. Spines with five raised bands outlined in gilt and decorated with gilt floral compartments; bronze calf lettering-pieces, the volume-numbering pieces partly rubbed away; gilt rolls to the headcaps, blind fillet...

First edition.
Full marbled and glazed lavallière calf binding for the first 2 volumes, and full marbled and glazed brown calf binding for the last 2 volumes. Ornate smooth spine. Red morocco title label, red morocco volume label. Red edges. A tear with loss at head and foot of volume II. A tear to the upper joint at head of volume III; a wormhole at foot of volume III; Worming and surface wear on boards with filling on the upper board at bottom with similar leather piece. 2 thin worm tracks on lower board of volume IV. Dampstaining traces on boards of volume I. In volume II, some leaves with small brown dampstain traces in margin. Volume III: leaves 121 to 146, pale dampstain trace in...

First illustrated edition with 4 folding plates at the end (instruments and tables of different elements).
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. One lack at head. Spine very rubbed overall. 2 corners slightly bumped. Gilt dulled on spine.
Engraved esoteric bookplate of AuG. Gilbert.
The first work published by the chemist and pharmacist Pierre Joseph Macquer, before composing his dictionary of chemistry in 1766 which made him famous. Working alongside Sigaud de la Fond then Lavoisier, he was one of the protagonists of modern chemistry and the abandonment of the Aristotelian system of 4 elements (air, water, earth...

First edition.
Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands, red morocco title-label. One corner slightly bumped and one border worn over one centimeter. A third of the title-label is missing. Book recased. This is the first treatise of this kind on dyeing wool and the most important work by the author, Jean Hellot (1685-1766), a renowned analytical chemist and industrial chemist. This is a practical treatise that details preparations and discusses techniques, and as such had enormous success in Europe where it was applied everywhere. Hellot was appointed inspector general of the kingdom's dye works in 1740 and this treatise appears to be the result of his...

First edition.
Contemporary glazed brown full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands, red morocco title label. One corner slightly bumped. Tail headcap and lower edge restored, as well as headbands. A small tear with slight loss below the title label. Scuffing to boards. This is the first treatise of its kind on dyeing wool and the most important work by the author, Jean Hellot (1685-1766), a renowned analytical chemist and industrial chemist. It is a practical treatise that details preparations and discusses techniques, and consequently enjoyed enormous success throughout Europe where it was widely applied. Hellot was appointed inspector general of the kingdom's dyeworks in...