DAVY, HUMPHRY.

Elements of Chemical Philosophy. Part I. Vol. I (all published). Philadelphia, Bradford and Inskepp, 1812.

Cont. full calf. Back worn and upper 3 cm. of back gone. Hinges slightly loosening. XII,288 pp. and 12 engraved plates (some double-numbered). Some browning ti leaves throughout.

First American edition of a major work by Davy, summarizing his previous investigations, and beeing one of the earliest treatises on physical chemistry. Published the same year as the London-edition.

Order-nr.: 19453