BERTHOLLET, Claude Louis: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Richard KIRWAN, Marie-Anne Pierrette LAVOISIER [NéE PAULZE]
Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des AcidesEssay on Phlogiston
S. n.|Paris 1788|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
Essai sur le Phlogistique, et sur la constitution des Acides [Essay on Phlogiston]
n. p. | Paris 1788 | 8vo (12.5 x 20 cm) | xij ; 344 pp.; (4 p.) | contemporary half sheep

First edition and sole publication of the French translation and critical analysis under the direction of Madame Lavoisier of this text published in English the previous year under the title An Essay on Phlogiston and the Constitution of Acids. The work is made up of twelve sections, all followed by critical notes by Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Pierre Simon de Laplace & Gaspard Monge & Claude Louis Berthollet & Antoine François de Fourcroy.
Contemporary half light brown
€8,000
Opening run of the journal "Annales de chimie," vehicle of "The New Chemistry," founded and directed by Antoine de Lavoisier
Opening run of the journal "Annales de chimie," vehicle of "The New Chemistry," founded and directed by Antoine de Lavoisier
Antoine-Laurent DE LAVOISIER, Louis-Bernard GUYTON DE MORVEAU
Annales de chimie; ou recueil de mémoires concernant la chimie et les arts qui en dépendent. Périodique illustré, du n° 1 à 9, et 11 à 15Annals of Chemistry. Illustrated periodical, from no. 1 to 9, and 11 to 15
Rue et Hôtel Serpente|Paris 1789-1792|12.8 x 19.6 cm|Relié
First edition, highly sought after in the 19th century, comprising 14 of the first 15 volumes, published between 1789 and 1792, of the first series of the celebrated French scientific periodical Annales de chimie. Volume 10 missing.

Contemporary full brown calf, spines smooth with gilt fillets, brown morocco lettering-piece and green morocco numbering-piece, blind-ruled border to covers, red speckled edges, bookplate of P. H. Chavoix to front pastedown of each volume. Volumes 1 and 11 numbered in Roman rather than Arabic numeral
€1,200
Claude Louis BERTHOLLET
Eléments de l'art de la teinture
Chez Firmin Didot|à Paris 1804|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition, after the original published in 1791. 2 large folding plates at the end of volume 2 with multiple figures.
Contemporary red Bradel binding in temporary boards. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Brown shagreen title label. Gilt volume numbering. Volume 1: dampstain traces at mid-page from page 32 to 50, and p. 422 to 433. Humidity traces thereafter to page 250. Volume 2: light dampstain traces in upper margin p. 158 to 209, very faded thereafter. Dampstain traces in upper section on the 2 folding plates. Some signatures uncut. Rubbing traces.
One of the most important treatises on the subject, which remained for a long time the manual for dye workers. Bertholle
€800
Guyton de MORVEAU, Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER
Méthode de nomenclature chimique
Chez Cuchet|à Paris 1787|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Second printing of the first edition: pages 257 to 272 are misnumbered 241-256 (Duveen and Klickstein). Illustrated with a large chart and 6 folding plates at rear.
Library stamp of Laboratoires Lumière on the half-title, title page and several other pages. Another stamp "G. Chicanuard" appears on the half-title; we have found no information about this person.
Temporary binding in full marbled paper. Handwritten title on spine. Some small paper losses in places and joint on second board cracked but still sound. Copy as issued with full margins.
The Méthode forms a manifesto for a revolution in the world of chemistry, and the birth of modern chemistry,
€1,200
Guyton de MORVEAU, Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER
Méthode de nomenclature chimique
Chez Cuchet|à Paris 1787|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
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