le Febvre Nicaise

Nicaise le Febvre, not to be confused with Nicolas le Fevre, was another well-known french seventeenth-century iatrochemist. Neglecting his Traitè de la Chymie, Paris 1660, might be a mistake. I consider this book indispensable to tying ancient chemistry to Alchemy. Here is a unique laboratory tool: the egg inside the egg.

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