FOURCROY, A.F.

Philosophique Chimique, ou vérités fondamentales de la Chimie Moderne, Disposées dans un nouvel Ordre;

Paris, (Cl. Simon), L'An IV de la Liberté Francoise, 1792. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf. Gilt back, titlelabel gilt in leather. Top and bottom of spine worn. Corners bumped. IV,(5-) 128 pp. First and last leaves faintly dampstained in upper margin. Printed on good paper.

First edition second issue(having some mispaginations) of this famous work, immidiately translated into 11 languages and based on the authors article in Encyclopedia Methodique, in which he tried to arrange the fundamental principles in a systematic order. In this work he classified the chief facts of Chemistry under twelve headings, and it proved to be a very popular summary of the new antiphlogistic chemistry. - Not in Duveen (having only the second edition) - Partington III:p. 538.

Order-nr.: 28297