CHAPTAL, JEAN-ANTOINE-CLAUDE. Chimie appliquée aux Arts. 12 folding engraved plates of chemical apparatus. Half-titles; bookseller's 16-page catalogue bound in front of Volume 1. 4 volumes. 8vo, 193x124 mm, contemporary 1/2 sprinkled sheep gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends and cover corners rubbed; contents generally clean. Paris: Crapelet for Déterville, 1807
first edition. "An important and influential work on industrial chemistry, containing a detailed account of contemporary commercial developments"--Neville I, 260. DSB III, 198-203; Partington III, 557 ("one of the best treatises on technical chemistry of its time").
