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11 volumes in-8 (213 x 139 mm) de 2 unn.l., CLXXVI, 219 pp. for the volume I; 2 unn.l., 352 pp. for the volume II; 2 unn.l., 344 pp. and 1 nn.l. for the volume III; 2 unn.l., 323 pp. for the volume IV; 2 unn.l., 396 pp., 1 nn.l. for the volume V; 2 unn.l., 341 pp. for the volume VI; 2 unn.l., 376 pp., 1 nn.l. for the volume VII; 2 unn.l., 330 pp., 1 nn.l. for the volume VIII; 2 unn.l., 402 pp. wrongly numbered 447 for the volume IX; 2 ff., 420 pp. for the volume X; 2 unn.l., 205 pp. wrongly numbered 195 and 1 nn.l. for the volume XI. Marbled sheep, spine gilt with amphorae and raised bands (contemporary binding).
1 in stock
Duveen, 226; Smeaton, pp. 76-77; Ferguson I, 228.
First edition, second issue in 8vo format.
Considered "the greatest monument to the science of chemistry in the eighteenth century", the work begins with a history of chemistry.
[Joined, unformily bound]:
SAME. Philosophie chimique, ou vérités fondamentales de la chimie moderne. Paris, Tourneisen, 1806. In-8 of III to IX (the half-title is missing), 376 pp.
Duveen, 227.
Third edition.
"This is the last and much enlarged edition of this famous book, which was translated into most European languages" (Duveen).
A fine copy some fine restorations to the bindings.
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