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]
Contemporary half light brown
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
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