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GLAUBER, JOHANN RUDOLPH. A Description of New Philosophical Furnaces; or, A New Art of Distilling [etc.]. Woodcut text illustrations of laboratory apparatus. [16], 452, [12] pages; lacks text leaves R3 and 2A4, and blank 2Q1. 4to, 176x132 mm, old boards, crudely rebacked with leather; contents heavily toned and soiled, paper brittle, scattered stains, underscoring, and marginalia, clean tear in F4. Bookplate of Joseph Lyon Miller, M.D. London: Richard Cotes for Tho: Williams, 1651(-52)
first edition in english, translated by John French, of Glauber's 1646-49 Furni novi philosophici, "the best account of his practical work" (DSB); his 1646 De auri tinctura, on the medicinal uses of potable gold; and the first part of his 1650 Opus minerale, on transmutation. DSB V, 422-23; Duveen, page 252; Neville I, 532-33; Norman 909; Partington II, 345; Wing P846.
