A Manual of a Course of Chemistry; or A Series of Experiments and Illustrations, Necessary to Form A Complete Course of That Science. Illustrated with Seventeen Plates. Translated from the French. To Which is Added, An Appendix, by the translator. Volume I.
by LAGRANGE, J. B. Bouillon
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About This Item
J. Cuthell and Vernor and Hood. London. 1800. First edition. xx, 448pp. + [19]pp. index. All 15 engraved sepia plates present as called for in Volume I. Bound in very attractive full tree calf, gilt, contrasting labels, small patch of rubbing to bottom corner of front cover. Some browning to pages o/w a remarkably clean and sound copy of a scarce and early chemistry volume.
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- Addyman Books (GB)
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- 63314
- Title
- A Manual of a Course of Chemistry; or A Series of Experiments and Illustrations, Necessary to Form A Complete Course of That Science. Illustrated with Seventeen Plates. Translated from the French. To Which is Added, An Appendix, by the translator. Volume I.
- Author
- LAGRANGE, J. B. Bouillon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- J. Cuthell and Vernor and Hood.
- Keywords
- SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL and MEDICAL Chemistry 18th century
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- SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL and MEDICAL;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...