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2 volumes, 8vo (191 x 117 mm) 1 unn.l., XLVIII, 496 pp. for volume I; 2 unn.ll., 586 pp., 1 unn.l. for volume II. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, flat spines gilt (expertly rebacked in style).
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Cole, 946; see Duveen, 407 (for the first edition, St. Petersburg ca. 1762). Not in Vicaire.
First edition of this French translation by Parmentier.
A member of the Russian Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, Johann Georg Model (1711-1775) had published not less than 32 dissertations or letters in Russian scientific journals, all present in this volume, translated and annotated by Parmentier: "The added material frequently occupies more space than the original article" (Cole). The articles concern research on salts, borax, mineral waters, alongside a Dissertation sur la falsification des vins et sur la Distillation de l'eau-de-vie.
Good copy. With the book plates of Alex. Brongniart, and Per vinum J. Galleron Dujardin.
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