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BOREL, Pierre (c. 1620-1689). Bibliotheca chimica. Seu catalogus librorum philosophicorum hermeticorum. Paris: Charles du Mesnil and Thomas Jolly, 1654.
12o (136 x 82 mm). Woodcut tail-piece of a bouquet of flowers at end. Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Jülich, library (inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION of the first bibliography of chemistry and the earliest alchemical works. Borel studied at Montpellier and began a practice at Castres in 1641. In 1653 he went to Paris and within a year was appointed physician to the king. A year after he published his Bibliotheca chimica, he published the first bibliography of the telescope. Ferguson I, 116.
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FIRST EDITION of the first bibliography of chemistry and the earliest alchemical works. Borel studied at Montpellier and began a practice at Castres in 1641. In 1653 he went to Paris and within a year was appointed physician to the king. A year after he published his Bibliotheca chimica, he published the first bibliography of the telescope. Ferguson I, 116.