HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C , and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 527 



10)89 LAVOISIER (Antoine Laurent; f.r.s. ; beheaded under the Tei-ror) Essays, oithe Effects 

 produced by various Processes on Atmospheric Air ; with a particular View to an Investigation 

 of tlie Constitution of the Acids, translated by Thomas Henry, f.r.s., 8vo. seivn (rare), 

 12s 6d ' Warrington, 1783 



With intere.sting preface by the translator (pp. 13) on the phlogiston controversy between Dr. Priestley and Lavoisier 

 then raging. 



10590 : METHODS de NOMENCLATURE Chimique, propos^e par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, 



Bertholet [sic], et DE Fourcroy ; on y a joint un NouvEAU Systeme de Caracteres 

 Chimiques, adaptes a cette Nomenclature, par Hassenfratz et Adet, premiere edition ; itnth 

 1 folding tables, 8vo. old calf gilt (VERY RARE), £1. 105 1787 



10)91 The Same, original inrappers [one missing), uncut, £1. 85 6c? 



10592 Another Copy, contemporary hf. calf with Calgarth Park booklabel of Richard 



Watson, F.R.S., absentee Bp. of Llandaff, £1. 11* 6c? 



First Edition of this important work, first propounding the principles of the chemical nomenclature now in use. 

 'The reform of language eftected by Lavoisier was an indispensable prelude to the reform of [anti-phlogistic] thought. 

 The new terminology prevailed without change for 60 years, and has been fitted, by trifling modifications, to meet the 

 exigencies of recent progress.'— Exci/. Brit. 



10593 Method of Chymical Nomenclature, proposed by Messrs. de Morveau, Lavoisier, 



Bertholet [*ic]. and de Fourcroy, with a New System of Chymical Characters, adapted to the 

 Nomenclature by Mess. Hassenfratz and Adet* translated, and the New Chymical Names 

 adapted to the Genius of the English Language, by James St. John, m.d., ivith 7 folding tables, 

 8vo. old calf gilt (rare), £1. 10* 1788 



' In this work all substances are divided into elements and compounds . . . Compounds were classified as binary and 

 ternary, and these designations were in great part retained later on, although it was found necessary to extend their 

 meaning as chemistry developed. To the binary compounds belonged the acids . . , and the oxygen compounds of the 

 metals, which, as bases, were placed opposite the acids . . . The principal ternary compounds were the salts, produced 

 by the combination of bases with acids . . . The advance which is shown by this classification of chemical compounds is 

 very great. In place of false assumptions and designations devoid of any system, we find a correct idea of the qualitative 

 composition of substances, and a rational nomenclature according with it.' — Prof. E. v. Meyer. 



Bound up with the above is: 'The New Chemical Nomenclature, selected from the most Distinguished Modern 

 Writers on Chemistry, by C. Pyk, Chemist," 1802. The Englifli translation contains an interesting preface by the Editor. 



10594 Opuscules Physiques et Chimiques, 2^ Edition [augmentee] ; with S plates, 8vo. extra 



boards, vncut {fine copy) ; rare, \2s 6d 1801 



' Cet ouvrage, a I'exception des tables, fut imprime pendant la detention du citoyen Lavoisier '.—Avis au Icdeur. 

 In this work Lavoisier first publishes liis investigations into the nature and properties of gases, in connexion with 

 numerous experiments, and lays the basis of his anti-phlogistic theory. 



10595 Essays Physical and Chemical, Vol. I (all pub.), translated, with Notes and Appendix, 



by Thomas Henry, f.r.s., with infolding copperplates, 8vo. fine copy in contemporary calf 

 extra, with booklabel of Richard Watson, F.R.S., absentee Bp. of LlandaJf{B.AUE), £1. Is 1776 



10596 Another Copy, also : Essays on the Effects produced by Various Processes on 



Atmospheric Air, with a Particular View to an Investigation of the Constitution of the Acids, 

 translated by Thomas Henry, f.r.s.— 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, old hf calf {one joint cracked, and a few 

 II. stained or spotted) ; rare, £1. lOs- 1776— Warrington, '83 



The English translation of the Opuscules physiques et chimiques. 



I0'97 Physikalisch-chemische Schriften gesammlet [sic] und iibersezt, mit Anmerkungen, 



von C. E. V.Weigel; Band III ; with2 folding plates, and tables, sm. 8\o. sewn, 5s Greifswald, \1S5 

 , The German translation of the Opuscules physiques et chimiques. 



10598 Traite El^mentaire de Chimie, pr^sent6 dans un Ordre nouveau et d'apr^s les 



D^ouverte.s moderaes, premiere edition ; vnth IS folding copperplates, and 2 tables. 2 vols. 8vo. 

 original paper covers, uncut (very rare), £4. 4s chez Cachet, 1789 



The excessively rare ohioinal edition of 0110 of the mo.st important works in the history of chemistw. The 

 collected edition published by the French Government (v. No. 2489 ante) only gives the text of the second edition, published 

 in the same year. 



10599 Seconde [Troisieme] Edition ; with \Z folding copperplates, and 2 tables, 2 vols. 8vo. 



sewn, uncut (rare), £1. \0s apud eundem, 1793 



10600 Another Copy, contemporary hf. calf {sound copy), £1. 125 6c? 



10601 Elements of Chemistry, in a New Scientific Order, containing all the Modern Discov- 

 eries, translated by Robert Kerr, f.r.s.e., first English edition, wUh 13 folding copperplates 

 and 2 tables, thick 8vo. old hf. calf {binding rubbed, but a very sound copy) ; rare, £2. 2s Edin. , 1 790 



First edition of the English translation of the Traite elementaire. 'Some very material additions have been made by 

 the translator in this edition, relative to certain discoveries in chemistry since the publication of the original.'— Tre/uce. 



10602 Second Edition, with Notes, Tables, and considerable Additions, tvith 13 folding plates, 



and 2 tables, thick Svo.fine copy in old calf gilt (rare), £1. IOj ibidem, 1793 



10603 Third Edition, with 13 folding plates, and 2 tables, 8vo. cl., £1. 1* ib., 1796 



This edition contains an interesting postscript to the 'Advertisement', referring to Lavoisier's execution daring the 

 Terror. 



10604 Fourth Edition, with 13 folding plates, and 2 tables, 8vo. old hf. calf, 18s 6d ib., 1799 



10605 Another Copy, contemporary tree-calf {fine copy), £1. \s 



' In his Traiti elimentaire de Chimie he gave a summary of the most important facts of chemistry, and explained them 

 in accordance with the antiphlogistic theory, which thus received its first text-book ; by means of translations of this 

 book the new doctrine was materially projjagated. '—i^ro/. E. v. Meyer. 



10606 : Bibliotheque du Chimiste, publi6e par M. Longchamp, Tome VII: Epoque 



Pneumatique ; icith 2 folding platei, thick 8vo. sewn {scarce), 10s 6c? 1834 



Containing reprints of Lavoisier's ' Opuscules Physiques et Chimiques', and ' Decomposition de I'Air Atmospherique ', 

 also of 'Essai d'Experiencea Chimiques', by Pierre Bayen, 'Essais XVI et XXVI de Jean Rev,' etc. etc., and a Life 

 of Baven hv the Editor. 



10607 LEANING (J.) Quantity Surveying ; 2nd Edition, with 5i woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 9s) 1856 



10608 LEAPEK (Clement Joseph, f.c.s.) Materia Photographica : the Manufacture, Properties 

 and Uses of the Substances employed in Photography, woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl , 3s (p. 5s nett) 1891 



