425.1 Moyse CHARAS. Pharmacopée royale galenique et chymique. 4° Paris: l'Auteur 1676 Ferguson Wisconsin [Illustrations:- 1. After title page. Engraving. 182x120mm. Frontispiece to the dedicatory epistle to Monseigneur Colbert. Against the background of a library, which has symbols of Art on the left and Science on the right, two winged cherubs stand on opposite sides of a chest. The female figure on the left holds a caduceus in her right hand and a key in her left. The male figure holds in his left hand a sceptre topped with a solar disc bearing an eye at its centre, and in his right a serpent. 2. Inserted at end of volume. Engraving. 200x146mm. Two furnaces with complex distillation apparatus. 3. Inserted after item 2. Engraving. 200x146mm. Various tools used with furnace, bellows, tongs, crucibles etc. 4. Inserted after item 3. Engraving. 200x146mm. Various items for distillation. 5. Inserted after item 4. Engraving. 202x146mm. A furnace with water bath serving four distillations, together with a method of cooling the condensing tube using a barrel of water. 6. Inserted after item 5. Engraving. 202x149mm. Various pieces of apparatus including alembics, filtration funnels, etc. 7. Inserted after item 6. Engraving. 202x153mm. List of alchemical symbols.]