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LAVOISIER, ANTOINE-LAURENT. Traité Élémentaire de Chimie, présenté dans un Ordre Nouveau et d'après les Découvertes Modernes . . . Seconde Édition. 13 folding engraved plates after Mme. Lavoisier; 2 folding tables. xliv, 322; viii, 331 pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary boards, modern calf backs with morocco lettering pieces; some toning and minor foxing, few marginal stains on last 2 plates, plate 12 torn in upper outer corner slightly affecting border. Paris: (Chardon for) Cuchet, 1793
Second legitimate "Seconde Édition" to appear in 1793, possibly intended to counteract the distribution of the pirated version published the same year. Duveen & Klickstein 157.
