2098 Giuseppe QUINTI. Les admirables secrets de la medecine chimique Du Sr. Joseph Quinti, Docteur Venitien. Qu'il a recueillis avec beaucoup de soin et de travail: lesquels ont été plus d'une fois experimentez, et maladies dangereuses. Traduction nouvelle de l'italien, enrichie de figures. 12° A Venise, Et se vend A Liege, Chez J. F. Broncart 1711 Ferguson [Illustrations:- 1. Frontispiece engraving. 110x69mm. Against the backdrop of the zodiac and the stars, a man stands in landscape surrounded by a multitude of animals and plants. 2. Inserted before p117. Engraving. 112x63mm. A doctor points out to a man with his wife and children, the infuences of the planets in the heavens above upon the health of those below. 3. Inserted after p158. Engraving. 111x63mm. A man stands in his alchemical laboratory stirring the substance in a crucible being heated on a tall furnace. Beside this on a smaller furnace a distillation is in progress, with a retort and collecting flask. The man points to his assistant who is shovelling up material from the floor, possibly faeces. In the background various animals are depicted defecating. (On pages 251-56 are a series of astronomical and astrological tables.)]