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



10389 L A VOISIEB (Antoine Laurent; F.R.S. ; beheaded under the Terror^) ESSAYS, of 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., 8v . seivn (rare), 

 12s Qd Warrington, 1783 



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

 then raging. 



10590 : METHODS de NOMENCLATURE CHIMIQUE, proposee 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 ; with, 

 1 folding tables, 8vo. old calf gilt (VERY RARE), 1. 10s 1787 



10591 THE SAME, original wrappers (one missing], uncut, 1. 8s 60? 



10592 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary hf. calf, with Calgarth Park booklabel of Richard 



Watson, F.R.S. , absentee Bp. of Llanda/, 1. lls Qd 



FIRST EDITION of this important work, first propounding the principles of the chemical nomenclature now in use. 



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

 The new terminology prevailed without change for 50 years, and has been fitted, by trifling modifications, to meet the 

 exigencies of recent progress.' Ency. Brit. 



10593 METHOD of CHYMICAL NOMENCLATURE, proposed by Messrs. DE MORVEAU, LAVOISIER, 



BERTHOLET [sic], 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., with 7 folding tables, 

 8vo. old calf gilt (RARE), 1. 10s 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.' Pro/. 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 English translation contains an interesting preface by the Editor. 



10594 OPUSCULES PHYSIQUES et CHIMIQUES, 2 e Edition [augmentee] ; with 3 plates, 8vo. extra 



boards, uncut (fine copy] ; rare, 12s Qd 1801 



' Get ouvrage, a 1'exception des tables, fut iiriprime pendant la detention du citoyen Lavoisier '.Avis au Iccteur. 

 In this work Lavoisier first publishes his 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 3 folding copperplates, 8vo. FINE COPY in contemporary calf 

 extra, with booklabel of Richard Watson, F.R.S., absentee Bp. of Llandaff(RARV), 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. 10s 1776- Warrington, '83 



The English translation of the Opuscules physiques et chimiques. 



10"97 PHYSIKALISCH-CHEMISCHE SCHRIFTEN gesammlet [sic] und ubersezt, mit Anmerkungen, 



von C. E. v. WEIGEL; BAND III ; with 2 folding plates, and tables, sm. 8\o.sewn,5s Greifavald,\l%5 



, The German translation of the Op-uscules physiques et chimiques. 



10598 TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE de CHIMIE, pr&ente dans un Ordre nouveau et d'apres les 



Decouvertes modernes, premiere edition; with 13 folding copperplates, and 2 tables, 2 vols. 8vo. 

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



THE EXCESSIVELY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of one of the most important works in the history of chemistry- 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 13 folding copperplates, and 2 tables, 2 vols. 8vo. 



sewn, uncut (RARE), 1. 10s apud eundem, 1793 



10600 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary hf. calf (sound copy], 1. 12s Qd 



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, with 13 folding copperplates 

 and 2 tables, thick 8vo. old hf. calf (binding rubbed, but a very sound copy] ; RARE, 2. 2s Edin. , 1790 



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.' Preface. 



10602 SECOND EDITION, with Notes, Tables, and considerable Additions, with 13 folding plates, 



and 2 tables, thick Svo.fine copy in old calf gilt (RARE), 1. 10s ibidem, 1793 



10603 THIRD EDITION, with 13 folding 'plates, and 2 tables, 8vo. cl., 1. Is ib., 1796 



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

 Terror. 



10604 FOURTH EDITION, with 13 folding plates, and 2 tables, 8vo. old hf. calf, 18s Qd ib., 1799 



10605 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary tree-calf (fine copy), 1. Is 



' In his Traite eUmeniaire 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 propagated.' Prof. E. v. Meyer. 



10606 : BIBLIOTHEQUE du CHIMISTE, publiee par M. LONGCHAMP, TOME VII: EPOQUE 



PNEUMATIQUE ; with 2 folding plates, thick 8vo. sewn (scarce), 10s Qd 1834 



Containing reprints of Lavoisier's '' Opuscules Physiques et Chimiques', and ' Decomposition de 1'Air Atmospherique ', 

 also of Essai d'Experiences Chimiques', by PIERRE BAYEN. 'Essais XVI et XXVI de JEAN KEY,' etc. etc., and a Life 

 of Bayen by the Editor. 



10607 LEANING (J.) QUANTITY SURVEYING ; 2nd Edition, with 54 woodcuts, cr. 8vo.cZ., 3s (p. 9s) 1886 



10608 LEAPER (Clement Joseph, F.C.S.) MATERIA PHOTOGRAPHICA : the Manufacture, Properties 

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



