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SHERLEY, Thomas. A Philosophical Essay: Declaring the probable causes whence stones are produced in the greater world, London: for William Cademan, 1672. 12°, woodcut headpiece and initial (occasional light spots and pencil underlining, worming to front endpapers), contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. Waller I 8901; Wing S3523.
HELMONT, Jan Bapitsa van. A Ternary of Paradoxes. The magnetick cure of wounds. The nativity of tartar in wine. The image of God in man ... translated by Walter Charleton, London: James Flesher for William Lee, 1650. 8° (lacks engraved frontispiece, repair to title, browning and waterstaining, endpapers loose, hinges detatching), contemporary vellum (worn), in loose calf wrapper. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Garrison & Morton 665: "Helmont was one of the founders of biochemistry. He was the first to realize the physiological importance of ferments and gasses, and indeed invented the word 'gas'"; Waller 4301; Wellcome III, 242. (2)
HELMONT, Jan Bapitsa van. A Ternary of Paradoxes. The magnetick cure of wounds. The nativity of tartar in wine. The image of God in man ... translated by Walter Charleton, London: James Flesher for William Lee, 1650. 8° (lacks engraved frontispiece, repair to title, browning and waterstaining, endpapers loose, hinges detatching), contemporary vellum (worn), in loose calf wrapper. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Garrison & Morton 665: "Helmont was one of the founders of biochemistry. He was the first to realize the physiological importance of ferments and gasses, and indeed invented the word 'gas'"; Waller 4301; Wellcome III, 242. (2)