Morin edgar

1758 · 19714 — Paris: Breton Durand Pissot and Lambert 1758. Folding typographic table. Contemporary mottled calf spine and label gilt red edges. Bookplate and ownership inscription of M. Grignon ownership inscription on the half-title of Jules-Emile du Pressoir. An excellent copy. First edition the first French monograph on platinum. The author who published this book anonymously compiles the available information and studies by other natural historians before describing the metal’s properties: its weight ductility reactivity and interaction with fire. The rest of the text supplies the results of his own experiments with platinum including treating it with different salts and acids crystallization combining it with other metals and alloys and cupellation. The final chapter transcribes a curious anonymous letter about the alchemical applications of platinum. The plate lists the specific gravity of platinum in five different states.<br /> <br /> Duveen 414; Caillet 7778 “curieux et peu communâ€; Goldsmiths-Kress 09352.6-1; Macdonald and Hunt A History of Platinum 44-45. Breton, Durand, Pissot, and Lambert unknown