Recueil des mémoires les plus intéressants de chymie et d'histoire naturelle, contenus dans les actes de l'académie d'Upsal, et dans les mémoires de l'académie royale des science de Stockholm [...].

2 vol., 8vo: xii-336, iv-337/687 pp. (some min. spotting, some tiny wormholes at the end of the 1st vol.).

Contemp. mottled calf (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. flat spines (head and tail of 2nd vol. def.), red leather title labels, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.

Rare first translation in French of the proceedings ("Handlingar" in Swedish) of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala by the French-German author, philosopher and encyclopedist Paul-Henri d'Holbach (1723-1789) and the French doctor and encyclopedist Augustin Roux (1726-1776). A total of 49 articles on the most interesting publications by the two academies between 1720 and 1760.
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Duveen 499. - Barbier IV:104.