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LAVOISIER, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794), Louis Bernard GUYTON DE MURVEAU (1737-1816), Claude BERNARD (1748-1822), & Antoine de FOURCROY (1755-1809). Mthode de Nomenclature Chimique propose par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Bertholet & de Fourcroy. Paris: Cuchet, 1787.
8o (197 x 122 mm). Printed folding table by Fourcroy, and 6 folding engraved tables. (Very light foxing to a few text pages.) Contemporary quarter calf gilt, magenta paste paper boards. Provenance: M. Jean DeBry (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Although the new chemical nomenclature had at first been developed by de Morveau before his conversion to the anti-phlogiston theory, it was used by Lavoisier as a means of propagating his new chemistry. The work lists 55 known elements in a series of tables, introducing many new terms which have remained in standard use. Duveen, p. 340. Duveen & Klickstein 126. Norman 1291.
8o (197 x 122 mm). Printed folding table by Fourcroy, and 6 folding engraved tables. (Very light foxing to a few text pages.) Contemporary quarter calf gilt, magenta paste paper boards. Provenance: M. Jean DeBry (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Although the new chemical nomenclature had at first been developed by de Morveau before his conversion to the anti-phlogiston theory, it was used by Lavoisier as a means of propagating his new chemistry. The work lists 55 known elements in a series of tables, introducing many new terms which have remained in standard use. Duveen, p. 340. Duveen & Klickstein 126. Norman 1291.