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8vo. [iv], 314 pp. PAGINATION NOTE: pages 257-272 are mis-numbered 241-256 [Duveen]. Half-title, woodcut title-page vignette, headpiece, tailpieces, 6 folding tables of chemical symbols, 1 folding plate; page 1 of the text trimmed at top margin and mounted on a stub, foxed. Contemporary full mottled calf, red leather spine label, gilt-stamped spine; foot of spine mended with kozo patch, upper joint cracked, corners of read cover chewed. Ownership signature on title (under the vignette). Very good. [264] FIRST EDITION, second issue, second printing, with the flowered vase on the title-page (previously a cherub) and no colophon on page 314. Lavoisier's new terminology of chemistry was an important part of his reforms in the science, and it has been in use, with some modifications, ever since its introduction. "The merits of the new nomenclature are, even today, more than evident since, with only slight modification, it is still the basis of the language of modern chemistry." [Duveen & Klickstein, pp. 119-126]. Louis Guyton de Morveau was trained as a lawyer who taught himself the subject of chemistry. From 1776-1789 he taught public courses in chemistry at the Dihon Academy. He was professor of chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique from 1794-1811, twice serving as its director. ALL AUTHORS: LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794) ; Louis Bernard GUYTON DE MORVEAU (1737-1816) ; Claude-Louis BERTHOLLET (1748-1822) ; Antoine-Francois de FOURCROY (1755-1809) ; Jean Henri HASSENFRATZ (1755-1827) ; Pierre-Auguste ADET (1763-1834). PROVENANCE: Emile (on title). REFERENCES: Blake/NLM, p. 191 (2nd printing); Cole, Chemical literature, 566; DSB Vol. V. pp. 600-604; Duveen, Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica, p. 340; Duveen & Klickstein, 130; Gascoigne 7150.4; Partington, A history of chemistry, Vol. III, p. 372; Poggendorf, Vol. I, col. 981; Wellcome III, p. 185. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S14078
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