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LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794). Traité élémentaire de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d'après les découvertes modernes. Paris: [Chardon for] Cuchet, 1789.
2 volumes in 1, 8o (198 x 120 mm). Half-titles, 2-page errata at end. 2 letterpress folding tables, 13 engraved folding plates by and after the author's wife, Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze Lavoisier, woodcut head- and tailpieces by Papillon (a few minor ink stains to a few plates, some minor spotting). (Small hole on Kk3 of vol. II affecting a few letters.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with morocco lettering piece, marbled edges (a few minor scuffs).
FIRST EDITION, second issue. Lavoisier's Traité "...was a decisive move in the final overthrow of alchemy and the phlogiston theory introduced by Stahl a century earlier. By the use of the balance of weight determination at every chemical change and the building of a rational system of elements, Lavoisier laid the foundation of modern chemistry" (Dibner). The illustrations for this edition were conceived and executed by Lavoisier's wife, a skilled painter and engraver who had studied under Louis David, and who collaborated with her husband in his scientific experiments and researches. The second issue contains tables and various approvals of the work not included in the single-volume first or trial issue, of which only two copies are known. Dibner 43; Grolier/Horblit 64; PMM 238; Wellcome III, p. 460; Norman 1295.
2 volumes in 1, 8
FIRST EDITION, second issue. Lavoisier's Traité "...was a decisive move in the final overthrow of alchemy and the phlogiston theory introduced by Stahl a century earlier. By the use of the balance of weight determination at every chemical change and the building of a rational system of elements, Lavoisier laid the foundation of modern chemistry" (Dibner). The illustrations for this edition were conceived and executed by Lavoisier's wife, a skilled painter and engraver who had studied under Louis David, and who collaborated with her husband in his scientific experiments and researches. The second issue contains tables and various approvals of the work not included in the single-volume first or trial issue, of which only two copies are known. Dibner 43; Grolier/Horblit 64; PMM 238; Wellcome III, p. 460; Norman 1295.