Dictionnaire de chimie, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cette science, son application à l'histoire naturelle et aux arts.

4 vol., 8vo: cc-448, 560, 726, 607 pp. (staining mainly in the 1st and 4th vol.).

Contemp. half red long-grained calf, marbled paper on covers, flat spines (corners rubbed and bumped, sl. rubbed spines).

First edition by the French pharmacist and goguettier Ch.-L. Cadet de Gassicourt (1769-1821). Ill. with 6 fold. pl. Cadet de Gassicourt takes up the notions developed by Macquer forty years earlier, updating them, thanks to the discoveries of Lavoisier in particular.
Ref. Poggendorff I:357. - BnF.
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