Le Breton [Charles or Jean] (fl circa 1720) Les Clefs de la

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Le Breton, [Charles or Jean?] (fl. circa 1720) Les Clefs de la Philosophie Spagyrique. 16mo in eight's, a4, A-Z8, Aa-Bb8; bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated French calfskin, spine tooled in gilt (joints cracked, corners bumped, worn), 5 x 3 1/4 in. Paris: Chez Claude Jombert, 1722.

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Likely first edition of this short alchemical treatise by a French physician. According to Ferguson (II, 15), other references provide no further information regarding the author; Caillet 6315; Duveen p. 344.