DUCHANOY, Claude-François. Essais sur l'art d'imiter les eau - Lot 81

DUCHANOY, Claude-François. Essais sur l'art d'imiter les eaux minérales, ou de la Connaissance des Eaux Minérales & de la manière de se procurer, en les composer soi-même, dans tous les tems et dans tous les lieux. Published in Paris by Méquignon in 1780. In twelve / In-12 (165x100 mm) format. Tan speckled basane, ribbed spine with tan leather title-piece, small gilt-lettered caissons, green speckled edges. 1 f.n.ch., VII (dedicatory epistle), I-XXIX, 402 pages, 2 f.n.ch., 2 frontispiece figures. Binding slightly rubbed, head cover lacking leather, some foxing in the text. First edition of this treatise on the artificial creation of mineral waters, for the use of patients unable to fetch natural waters due to their condition or indigence. A fine, fairly fresh copy.