Système des connaissances chimiques, et de leurs applications aux phénomènes de la nature et de l'art
Paris, Baudoin, An IX-An X [1801-1802] 11 volumes in 8 de I. (4), CLXXVI, 219 et (1) pages ; de II. (4), 352 et (2) pages ; de III. (4), 344 et (2) pages ; de IV. (4), 323 et (1) pages ; de V. (4), 396 et (2) pages ; de VI. (4), 441 et (1) pages ; de VII. (4), 377 et (1) pages ; de VIII. (4), 330 et (2) pages ; de IX. (4), 447 et (1) pages ; de X. (4), 420 et (2) pages ; et de XI. (4), 195 et (3) pages ; demi basane fauve de l'époque, dos lisse avec des pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches cirées. Item #YEG-532
Très bon exemplaire, bien complet du onzième volume de tables, de tous ses errata et dont chaque volume est bien signé de l'auteur et de l'éditeur, du 'best account of the state of the science at the time" (Ferguson). "Believing that the time had come for chemistry to separate from natural history, Foucroy began in 1793 to compose his monumental treatise on the theory of chemistry, containing more information on the subject than any other work yet published. Fourcroy classed substances into eight categories according to their composition, form simple elements to complex organic compounds ; his discussions of each category drew both from his own extensive knowledge of chemistry and from the latest observations and discoveries of French and foreign colleagues. Fourcroy considered that chemistry could be understood only through study of its four parts - history, theory, practice and application - and at first had intended to write separate treatises for each, but ended up incorporating short accounts of the other parts in the present work, as he was not sure he would live to complete the project at first planned..." (Norman 823) Partington III ; DSB V pp. 89/93 , ;oneyman 1357 ; Cole 480.
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