6 vol.

1. Zimmerman, G. - Traité de l'expérience en général, et en particulier dans l'art de guérir. Montpellier, Vidal; Avignon, Wid. Seguin, 1797. 3 vol., 8vo: clxiv-324, 392, [2]-392 pp. (spotting and browning). Contemp. tree calf (corners rubbed), gilt orn. flat spines, marbled endpapers. Later (first 1774) ed. Ref. BnF. - Blake 499. - Not in COPAC. - 2. [Alletz, Pons-Augustin] - L'Albert moderne, ou Nouveaux secrets éprouvés, et licites, recueillis d'après les découvertes les plus récentes [...]. Paris, se vend à Liège, J.F. Bassompierre, J. Van den Berghen, 1769. 8vo: xx-314-[2] pp. Contemp. half sheep, marbled paper on covers (corners sl. def.), flat spine (rubbed). Later ed. of this encyclopedic work on daily life dealing with health and nutrition advice, liqueurs, ratafias, etc. Ref. Blake 11. - Opac KBR. - Cp. BnF. - Not in Wellcome. - 3. [Decourcelle, Gilles-Joseph] - Élixir américain [...]. Châlons-sur-Marne, Depinteville-Bouchard, 1787. 8vo: viii-382 pp. (spotting and browning). Later blindst. cloth, gilt orn. flat spine. Third ed. of this rather rare and curious work which advertises a miraculous healing elixir invented, produced and sold by the author himself. A series of letters were designed to testify to the effectiveness and virtues of the drug. Ref. COPAC. - Blake 111. - Wellcome II:439. - 4. [Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de] - Venus physique [...]. S.l., s.n., 1777. 12mo: 237 pp. Contemp. calf, triple gilt ruled border on covers (scratches, corners rubbed), gilt orn. flat spine (joints splitting, head def.), marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Later ed. of this work balancing between popular science, philosophy and erotica. "Maupertuis proposed a theory of generation in which organic matter possessed a self-organising "intelligence" that was analogous to the contemporary chemical concept of affinities which was widely read and commented upon favourably by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon" (Wikipedia). Ref. COPAC. - Blake 293. - Cp. Garrison & Morton 215.2, Wellcome IV:175.