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Manuel d'un cours de chimie, ou série des expériences et des démonstrations qui doivent composer un cours complet sur cette Science
by E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$288.62A$259.75
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Bernard, 1799. First edition. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". None. An uncommon first edition copy of volume two of Manuel D'Un Cours De Chimie, profusely illustrated with fifteen full page engraved plates. With errata, formula guide and very scarce publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. Collated complete with fifteen full page engraved plates to the rear of the work. Volume two only. Volume one was published earlier the same year. First edition. Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange was a French chemist and pharmacist, who worked as a professor of chemist at the Ecole de pharmacie of Paris and a military chemist during the Napoleonic campaigns. His Manuel D'Un Cours De Chimie is a reworking of a collection of sixty of his lectures, covering a range of topics within the field of chemistry, including metals, alkalies and acids. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the boards and extremities, resulting in some slight loss to the leather at the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate and contemporary ink inscription to endpapers. Offsetting to endpapers. Loss to rear free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting. Creasing to the first three and last five leaves. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 733K6
- Title
- Manuel d'un cours de chimie, ou série des expériences et des démonstrations qui doivent composer un cours complet sur cette Science
- Author
- E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chez Bernard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1799
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Chemistry Physics Chemistry
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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