HERMBSTÄDT, SIGISMUND FRIEDRICH.

Elemente der theoretischen und praktischen Chemie für Militärpersonen; besonders für Ingenieur- und Artillerie-Officiere. Zum Gebrauche bei Vorlesungen und Selbstbelehrung. In drei Abtheilungen. Mit zwei Kupfertafeln.

Berlin, Carl Friedrich Amelang, 1823. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on top of spine. Stamps on title-page. With general title-page and 3 part-titles. XII,1143,(5) pp. and 2 large folded engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots.

First edition. Hermbstädt, professor in the Collegium Medico-Chirurgico and at the University in Berlin, was the first in Germany to adopt the views of Lavoisier, whose Traite he translated in 1792. He was also a translator of the works of Scheele, and he furthered the interest of chemical industry by his researches and textbooks.
Poggendorff I, 1082.

Order-nr.: 51145