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GREW, BOYLE, LEUWENHŒCK]. Collection of experiments and observations on the fight, which proceeds from the mixture of bodies. On flavors, on smells, on blood, on milk, &c. Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679. 3 parts in one vol. in-12, brown calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (Binding of the period). (4) ff., 262 pp. (1) f. privilege. First edition of this work of medicine and chemistry. The first part exposes Grew's experiments on "the mixture of various liquors with all kinds of bodies"; the second is a presentation of Boyle's chemical experiments on odors and flavors, which demonstrates how to transform sour, bitter, insipid, sweet flavors... by mixing them with each other. The third part repeats M. Leuwenhœck's observations on blood and milk, which are almost similar. Some foxing. Binding very worn, missing spine, hinges cracked, stains, paper of the introductory leaves breaking, with missing title, some marginal notes and underlining.
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GREW, BOYLE, LEUWENHŒCK]. Collection of experiments and observations on the fight, which proceeds from the mixture of bodies. On flavors, on smells, on blood, on milk, &c. Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1679. 3 parts in one vol. in-12, brown calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (Binding of the period). (4) ff., 262 pp. (1) f. privilege. First edition of this work of medicine and chemistry. The first part exposes Grew's experiments on "the mixture of various liquors with all kinds of bodies"; the second is a presentation of Boyle's chemical experiments on odors and flavors, which demonstrates how to transform sour, bitter, insipid, sweet flavors... by mixing them with each other. The third part repeats M. Leuwenhœck's observations on blood and milk, which are almost similar. Some foxing. Binding very worn, missing spine, hinges cracked, stains, paper of the introductory leaves breaking, with missing title, some marginal notes and underlining.