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INGEN-HOUSZ, Jan (1730-1799). An Essay on the Food of Plants and the renovation of Soils. N.p., n.d. [London, 1796].
4o (255 x 209 mm). Contemporary plain blue wrappers (small circular burn-hole on upper cover).
Provenance: Prince de Rosemberg (presenation inscription from the author on front wrapper); Bergrath Heitener (signature on front wrapper); J. Christian Bay, who used this copy for his 1933 reprint of Ingen-Housz's Essay (see below).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "Ingen-Housz's last work was a sequel to his Experiments on vegetables, summarizing the results of his research on photosynthesis and reinterpreting his findings in the light of Lavoisier's new oxygen-based chemistry" (Norman). VERY RARE NORMAN 1143.
[WITH:]
AN ESSAY ON THE FOOD OF PLANTS... LONDON, 1933. 4O. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. REPRINT. ONE OF 100 COPIES FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. J. CHRISTIAN BAY USED THE COPY ABOVE FOR THIS REPRINT EDITION. A PRINTED TIPPED-IN STATEMENT BY BAY READS: "OF THE ORIGINAL, PRINTED IN LONDON, IN 1796, TWO COPIES ARE KNOWN, ONE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), THE OTHER IN A PRIVATE LIBRARY..." (3)
4o (255 x 209 mm). Contemporary plain blue wrappers (small circular burn-hole on upper cover).
Provenance: Prince de Rosemberg (presenation inscription from the author on front wrapper); Bergrath Heitener (signature on front wrapper); J. Christian Bay, who used this copy for his 1933 reprint of Ingen-Housz's Essay (see below).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. "Ingen-Housz's last work was a sequel to his Experiments on vegetables, summarizing the results of his research on photosynthesis and reinterpreting his findings in the light of Lavoisier's new oxygen-based chemistry" (Norman). VERY RARE NORMAN 1143.
[WITH:]
AN ESSAY ON THE FOOD OF PLANTS... LONDON, 1933. 4O. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. REPRINT. ONE OF 100 COPIES FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. J. CHRISTIAN BAY USED THE COPY ABOVE FOR THIS REPRINT EDITION. A PRINTED TIPPED-IN STATEMENT BY BAY READS: "OF THE ORIGINAL, PRINTED IN LONDON, IN 1796, TWO COPIES ARE KNOWN, ONE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY), THE OTHER IN A PRIVATE LIBRARY..." (3)
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT CONTAINS 2 ITEMS, NOT 3 AS STATED IN THE CATALOGUE.