Pierre BAYEN
Opuscules chimiques
Chez A. J. Dugour et Durand|Paris 1798 (An VI)|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the complete collection of these texts, most of which had only appeared in journals. These works were assembled and published by his nephew P. Malatret and Antoine Augustin Parmentier. 2 tables at end of volume 1.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and roulettes. Red morocco title-label, volume numbering in wax, faded on volume 1. Head of volume 1 cut down, that of volume 2 with slight lack. A lack on the foot of both volumes. Upper joint of volume 2 split and open at foot for 15 cm, the lower joint narrowly cracked in part. Upper joint of volume 1 split at head and foot, lower joint narrowly cracked at foot. Foxing on endpapers, pale scattered foxing in upper margin.
Among the texts and articles, the Researches on tin occupy the major part of the second volume. We should also distinguish the Analysis of the waters of Luchon, which occupies more than 200 pages. Through his experiments and his texts, Pierre Bayen, apothecary and chemist, remained the great opponent of the phlogistic theory whose validity he doubted, a theory almost sovereign in chemistry in this late eighteenth century. In the dedication, Malatret thanks Parmentier for having given him the idea of assembling the works of Payen.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and roulettes. Red morocco title-label, volume numbering in wax, faded on volume 1. Head of volume 1 cut down, that of volume 2 with slight lack. A lack on the foot of both volumes. Upper joint of volume 2 split and open at foot for 15 cm, the lower joint narrowly cracked in part. Upper joint of volume 1 split at head and foot, lower joint narrowly cracked at foot. Foxing on endpapers, pale scattered foxing in upper margin.
Among the texts and articles, the Researches on tin occupy the major part of the second volume. We should also distinguish the Analysis of the waters of Luchon, which occupies more than 200 pages. Through his experiments and his texts, Pierre Bayen, apothecary and chemist, remained the great opponent of the phlogistic theory whose validity he doubted, a theory almost sovereign in chemistry in this late eighteenth century. In the dedication, Malatret thanks Parmentier for having given him the idea of assembling the works of Payen.
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