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BOERHAAVE, HERMANN. A New Method of Chemistry . . . to which are added, Notes; and an Appendix . . . by Peter Shaw, M.D. The Second Edition [sic]. 17 folding engraved plates with 25 illustrations of laboratory apparatus. [2], 410, [37] pages. 2 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf, top of spines chipped, Volume 2 lacks lettering piece, top edge of front cover worn through; scattered marginal foxing on text leaves, plates clean. London: T. Longman, 1741
First edition of Shaw's translation of the 1732 authorized Elementa Chimiae, preceded by another English version in 1735. Shaw had previously translated the 1724 unauthorized edition of Boerhaave's chemistry lectures. Duveen, page 84; Garrison-Morton 666.1; Lindeboom 479; Partington II, 744.
