BERGMAN, Torbern Olof (1735-1784). Opuscula physica et chemica. Volumes I-III edited by Bergman. Volumes IV-VI edited by Ernst Benjamin Gottlieb Hebenstreit. Holm, Uppsala and Ab: Magnus Swederus, 1779 (vol. I), Uppsala: Johan Edman, 1780-1783 (vols. II and III) and Leipzig: Johann Gottfried Mller, 1779-1790 (vols. IV-VI).

Details

BERGMAN, Torbern Olof (1735-1784). Opuscula physica et chemica. Volumes I-III edited by Bergman. Volumes IV-VI edited by Ernst Benjamin Gottlieb Hebenstreit. Holm, Uppsala and Ab: Magnus Swederus, 1779 (vol. I), Uppsala: Johan Edman, 1780-1783 (vols. II and III) and Leipzig: Johann Gottfried Mller, 1779-1790 (vols. IV-VI).

6 volumes, 8o (183 x 109 mm. vols. I-III) and (200 x 117 mm. vols. IV-VI). 15 engraved plates, some folding. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with blue and yellow lettering pieces (vols. I-III) and the remainder in contemporary tree calf (spines worn). Provenance: And. Fr. Rsenborg (signature above a wax seal on front free endpaper).

FIRST EDITION of Bergman's collected scientific papers, including his essays on carbon dioxide, elective affinity, and chemical analysis of minerals and mineral waters. Partington III, pp. 179-199; Norman 192. (6)