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Academie Des Sciences134
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788)129
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Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon73
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Science, early

Books and journals dating from the 16th century onwards, covering many different aspects of the sciences. The subjects covered range from general works on the major types of science, such as chemistry...

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De conservanda bona valetudine

Arnaldus de Villanova (1311); Joannes de Mediolano; Crell, Jacob; Otho Cremonensis; Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Curio, Johannes (1561)

1553

The Latin verses which have been attributed to Joannes de Mediolano are accompanied by the commentary of Arnaldus de Villanova.

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D. Alexii Pedemontani De secretis libri sex mira quadam varietate referti

Alessio Piemontese; Wecker, Johann Jacob (1528-1586); Ruscelli, Girolamo (1565)

1561

Pagination irregular.

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Opuscule tres-eccellent, de la vraye philosophie naturelle des metaulx : traictant de l'augmentation & parfection d'iceulx, avec advertissement d'eviter les folles despéces qui se font ordinairement par faulte de vraye science

Zacaire, Denis (1510-1556); Bernard, of Trevisan

1568

For the work here ascribed to Bernardus Trevirensis (or Trevisanus), cf. Lynn Thorndike, A history of magic and experimental science, v. 3 (1934) p. 619.

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De mineralibus et rebus metallicis libri quinque

Albertus Magnus, Saint (1193?-1280)

1569

Includes index.

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