GLAUBER, Johann Rudolf. Arca Thesauris Opulenta, sive Appendix Generalis omnium Librorum hactenus editorum, quae non solum cuncta tam in Philosophicis & Medicis, quam Chymicis Scriptis loca obscura illustrat ... Joannis Rudolphi Glauberi Opulenti...
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Thesauri, et Arcae Thesaurariae, sive Appendix Generalis, Centuria Secunda.Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1660-1661.
[Bound with:] Novum Lumen Chymicum.Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1664.
2 works in a vol. Small 8vo, mm. 150x100; Contemporary full calf binding, gilded frame on the covers, note impressed “Io. Ant. Barberis”, name of the author written on the lower edge, Heraldic Ex-libris pasted at the first inside cover; pp. 189, incl. Tit., 3 bl., 149, incl. Tit. of the second part dated 1661, 1 b., Alchemical illustration at p. 13; pp. 45, incl. Tit., 3 bl.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITIONS. The first work of chemical Paracelsian German, divided into two Centuries, is a treatise that describes in detail several chemical operations, based on the three principles salt, sulfur and mercury: the fire, or the sun, and salt are considered to be Glauber two deities . The text is opened by a figure of alchemy, a square inscribed in a circle which bears the words Sale In Sun et Omnia. The second work concerns the Philosopher's Stone. The works of Glauber appeared separately, but often were assembled in this form: Duveen describes an exemplary compound like ours. Johann Rudolf Glauber, follower of Paracelsus, studied the preparation of mineral acids and salts, distillation of wood, the purification by crystallization.
He was one of the founders of modern industrial chemistry and chemical engineering was also a precursor: the comments about moving the metals from their compounds, they led him to formulate a first affinity table. In his research he introduced a number of technical changes in laboratory equipment, especially furnaces and distillers: it was he who created the sodium sulfate hydrate, called admirable salt, still known as Glauber's salt. These two works have never appeared at international auctions in the last fifty years.
Arca Thesauris: Duveen, p. 255; Verginelli n. 131 e 132. Novum Lumen: Duveen, p. 255; Ferguson, I, p. 325.
Marginal foxing, good copy with wide margins.
[Bound with:] Novum Lumen Chymicum.Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1664.
2 works in a vol. Small 8vo, mm. 150x100; Contemporary full calf binding, gilded frame on the covers, note impressed “Io. Ant. Barberis”, name of the author written on the lower edge, Heraldic Ex-libris pasted at the first inside cover; pp. 189, incl. Tit., 3 bl., 149, incl. Tit. of the second part dated 1661, 1 b., Alchemical illustration at p. 13; pp. 45, incl. Tit., 3 bl.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITIONS. The first work of chemical Paracelsian German, divided into two Centuries, is a treatise that describes in detail several chemical operations, based on the three principles salt, sulfur and mercury: the fire, or the sun, and salt are considered to be Glauber two deities . The text is opened by a figure of alchemy, a square inscribed in a circle which bears the words Sale In Sun et Omnia. The second work concerns the Philosopher's Stone. The works of Glauber appeared separately, but often were assembled in this form: Duveen describes an exemplary compound like ours. Johann Rudolf Glauber, follower of Paracelsus, studied the preparation of mineral acids and salts, distillation of wood, the purification by crystallization.
He was one of the founders of modern industrial chemistry and chemical engineering was also a precursor: the comments about moving the metals from their compounds, they led him to formulate a first affinity table. In his research he introduced a number of technical changes in laboratory equipment, especially furnaces and distillers: it was he who created the sodium sulfate hydrate, called admirable salt, still known as Glauber's salt. These two works have never appeared at international auctions in the last fifty years.
Arca Thesauris: Duveen, p. 255; Verginelli n. 131 e 132. Novum Lumen: Duveen, p. 255; Ferguson, I, p. 325.
Marginal foxing, good copy with wide margins.
