GAY-LUSSAC, Louis Joseph (1778-1850). Cours de Chimie ... comprenant l'histoire de sels, la chimie végétale et animale, Paris: Pichon & Didier, 1828. 2 volumes, 8° (207 x 130mm). Half title in volume one. (Spotted throughout, a few leaves browned.) Contemporary purple boards (spines evenly faded green, extremities rubbed). Provenance: signature (on title in vol. one and first text leaf in vol. II). FIRST EDITION of this elemenatry textbook, based on Gay-Lussac's lectures. Sotheran 5271: "very scarce". (2)