FONTANA, FELICE. Opuscules Physiques et Chimiques...traduits de l'italien. Paris: Nyon l'ain, 1784. 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers, uncut, a few leaves at front just dog-eared, ink library stamps. First Edition in French. Cole 450; D.S.B. V, pp. 55-57; Duveen, p. 224. Starhemberg family copy. Fontana (1730-1805) was one of the discoverers of the absorption of gases by charcoal.