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MORELL, Karl Friedrich.

Chemische Untersuchung einiger der bekanntern und besuchtern Gesundbrunnen und Bäder der Schweiz.

One folding engraved plate. 11 p.l., 385, [1] pp. 8vo, orig. paper wrappers, uncut. Bern: E. Haller, 1788. First edition of the best early survey of the numerous mineral springs in Switzerland. Morell (1759-1816), an apothecary in Bern, wrote several other books and articles on balneology. He has described each spring, provided a history, and given an account of the properties the waters have along with the diseases they could cure. Attractive copy in original state. The folding plate depicts distillation equipment. Poggendorff, II, 201.

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