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Élémens d'Histoire Naturelle et de Chimie. Cinquième Édition
Author: Fourcroy, Antoine Francois
Title: Élémens d'Histoire Naturelle et de Chimie. Cinquième Édition
Publication: Paris: Chez Cuchet, L An II de la République, Une et Indivisible, 1793
Edition: 5th or later Edition
Description: Hardcover. This celebrated textbook was Fourcroy's first major publication (1st ed.: 1782). A résumé of the course of seventy lectures he gave each winter in his laboratory, it contains a comprehensive account of all parts of chemistry, including recent work on gases. Fourcroy also included sections concerned with the analysis of animal fluids and solids and their application to medicine. By the time of this edition Fourcroy had adopted Lavoisier's theories completely; in the preliminary discourse to the second edition of 1786 he had renounced the phlogiston theory. Fourcroy also included sections concerned with the analysis of animal fluids and solids and their application to medicine.
BOOK DETAILS AND CONDITION: Fifth (and final) Edition 8vo. Original full tree calf, raised bands on spine, maroon and black morocco labels on spine. I: Endpapers, xxiv, 506 pp; II: Endpapers, 2 lvs, 496 pp; III: Endpapers, 2 lvs, 474 pp; IV: Endpapers, 2 lvs, 502 pp; V: Endpapers, 2 lvs, 454 pp, 1 leaf (Errata); with 10 huge folding tables, several on heavy paper; Table 2 on original light blue-green paper as in other copies (see Neville I: p 467). Stains on preliminary and final pages of each volume.
REFERENCES: Neville I, p. 467 (Smeaton's B issue). Partington III, p. 537. Smeaton, Fourcroy, pp. 8, 9698, & 177180; bibliography no. 6A. Very Good / No Jacket.
Seller ID: EBS100261
Subject: Chemistry
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