Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 184

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BOERHAAVE, HERMANN. Elements of Chemistry . . . Translated from the Original Latin, by Timothy Dallowe. 17 folding engraved plates depicting laboratory apparatus. ix [i. e., xi], [1], 528, [8]; [8], 376, [16] pages. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrips, cover corners restored; contents clean. London: J. and J. Pemberton et al., 1735

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first dallowe edition, translated from the 1732 authorized edition of Boerhaave's Elementa Chimiae. The 1733 Dallowe edition cited by Lindeboom (relying on Van der Aa) is not recorded by ESTC and presumably a ghost. Garrison-Morton 666.1; Lindeboom 478; Partington II, 744.