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LAVOISIER, ANTOINE-LAURENT. Traité Élémentaire de Chimie. 13 folding engraved plates of laboratory apparatus; 2 folding tables. xliv, 322; [8], [323]-653, [2] pages, including half-titles and errata leaf at end of Volume 2. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 197x122 mm, contemporary mottled sheep, flat spine attractively gilt with floral and ornamental tooling and red morocco lettering piece, faint wear on covers; contents generally clean. handsome copy. Paris: (Chardon for) Cuchet, 1789
first edition, second issue. "One of the great milestones in the history of chemical literature. By common consent modern chemistry begins with this work"--Neville II, 21. Duveen & Klickstein 154; Grolier/Horblit 64; Printing and the Mind of Man 238.
