HEER, MARTIN. Introductio in archivum archei vitale et fermentale viri magnifici Johannis Baptistae van Helmont, philosophi per ignem. [8], 356, [30] pages, including errata leaf and final blank. 4to, 188x146 mm, modern binding of old liturgical manuscript vellum over boards, covers slightly warped; contents browned. Lauban [now Luban, Poland]: Augustin Vogel, 1702
first edition of an introduction to Helmont's theory of the archeus, or vital principle, a concept derived from Paracelsian doctrine. Partington II, 234.
