Medicine. LE MORT, Jacobus. Idea actionis Corporum motum intestinum praesertim Fermentationem delineans. Leyden, F. Haaring, 1693.

12mo; mm. 140 x 75, pp. (8), 172. Contemporary full calf binding. Good condition, unsophisticated copy.

A rare work by the Dutch chemist J. Le Mort, 1650-1718, an exponent of the Leyden medical and chemical school from which Boerhaave's ingenuity arises, of which Le Mort was an immediate predecessor in the chair at the University of Leyden. The present work contains research of considerable interest especially on the fermentation of organic substances and food mixtures. "Le Mort, was familiar with Boyle’s writings, imbued with the atomic theory and followed Descartes in paying special attention to the shapes of the particles... He opposed the theory of ferments" (Partington, II/737). Bierens de Haan, n. 3374; Poggendorff, II/col. 212; Hirsch; IV/269. Non citato dal Ferguson. The lot is offered with a valid export license.