832.4 John FRENCH. The Art of Distillation: Or, A Treatise of the choicest Spagryical Preparations, Experiments, and Curiosities, performed by way of Distillation. Together with the description of the choicest Furnaces and Vessels used by Ancient and Modern Chymists. And the Anatomy of Gold and Silver; with the chiefest Preparations and Curiosities thereof; together with their Vertues. In six books. By John French Dr. in Physick. To which is added in this Fourth Impression. Sublimation and Calcination: In Two Books. As also, The London-distiller Exactly and truly shewing the way (in words at length, and not in mysterious Characters and Figures) to draw all sorts of Spirits and Strong-waters; Together their Vertues, and other Excellent Waters. 4° London: Printed by E. Cotes for T. Williams 1667 Ferguson Young British Library [At the end of Book VI are: 1. The Process of the Elixir, according to Paracelsus. 2. The Process of the Elixir, according to Divi Leschi Genus Amo. 3. The Process of the Philosophers-Stone according to Pontanus. 4. The Smaragdine table of Hermes from whence Alchymie did arise.] [Illustrations:- This edition has the text reset from the 1651 and also the 1653 edition but reprints the 42 woodblocks in the text. Chapter VII "Of Sublimation" reprints on p227 item 29 from earlier in the work. The 'London Distiller', with text reset from 1653 edition, includes on p30 a reprinting of item 14 from the 'Art of Distillation'.]