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Photo LEVRET. 

LEVRET. 

- Cours de physique, de l'école navale
- Précis de chimie
- Précis de fortification. 

Paris, Edouard Anner, 1839.
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80 €

First edition.

Photo LASSAIGNE, Jean-Louis. 

LASSAIGNE, Jean-Louis. 

Abrégé élémentaire de chimie. 

Paris, Bechet, 1842.
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80 €

Third edition.
Jean-Louis Lassaigne (1800-1859) was a French chemist and physician. He was a professor at the Royal Veterinary School of Alfort. His work focused on organic chemistry and physiological chemistry. This work is a chemistry manual intended for medical and pharmacy students, which presents the principles of chemistry as an ancillary science to these fields.

Photo REUMONT, Gerhard || MONHEIM, Johann Peter Joseph. 

REUMONT, Gerhard || MONHEIM, Johann Peter Joseph. 

Analyse des eaux sulfureuses d'Aix-La-Chapelle. 

Aix La Chapelle, J.G. Beaufort, 1810.
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90 €

First edition signed by the author Gerhard Reumont (1765-1828).

German doctor, Reumont works in Aachen from 1793. In 1804, he works on the thermal journey of Impératrice Joséphine. Then by order of Napoléon he becomes "thermal waters inspector" .

Aix was part of the French Empire until 1814, and the spa being frequented by the imperial couple, Reumont and Monheim published their study in French.

Photo TRECOURT, M. 

TRECOURT, M. 

Apologie des eaux minérales de Saint-Amand. 

Cambrai, Samuel Berthoud, 1775.
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95 €

First edition.
Book written in response to a work published under the title of Instruction on the use of mineral waters, in which one had sought to depress the reputation of the waters of Saint-Amand.

Photo CHAPTAL, Jean-Antoine. 

CHAPTAL, Jean-Antoine. 

Chimie appliquée aux arts. 

Paris, Deterville, 1807.
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300 €

First edition.
Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832) was a French chemist and statesman, a member of the Institut and a professor at the École de Médecine. He played an important role in the development of the chemical industry in France. This work applies the principles of chemistry to practical fields such as dyeing and manufacturing. It illustrates the link between scientific research and industrialization.

Some old annotations in volume 4 on some margins and on 4 added leaves.

Photo LA GARAYE, Claude Tousaint Marot, Comte de. 

LA GARAYE, Claude Tousaint Marot, Comte de. 

Chymie hydraulique, pour extraire les sels essentiels des végétaux, animaux & minéraux, par le moyen de l'eau pure. 

Paris, Didot le jeune, 1775.
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750 €

Second edition. Interresting for the Parmentier addtions and much rarer than the first.

Photo SUSSDORFF, Guillaume. 

SUSSDORFF, Guillaume. 

Contribution à l'étude de l'acide nicotique et de quelques-uns de ses dérivés. 

Genève, W. Kündig & Fils, 1897.
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450 €

First edition.
Author's copy, finely bound.
Doctoral thesis presented at the University of Geneva in 1896 on work carried out under the direction of Amé Pictet and Carl Graebe.
The chemistry of nicotine derivatives would find its application many years later in biochemistry and medicine. We now know the name of nicotic acid under the common name of Vitamin B3.

Photo ROSSIGNOL, Marcel. 

ROSSIGNOL, Marcel. 

Contribution à l'étude de la fabrication de l'acide sulfurique par le procédé des chambres. 

Bruxelles, Veuve Monnom, 1922.
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50 €
Photo GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph Louis. 

GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph Louis. 

Cours de chimie comprenant l'histoire des sels, la chimie végétale et animale. 

Paris, Pichon et Didier, 1828.
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950 €

First edition.

Photo LEMERY, Nicolas. 

LEMERY, Nicolas. 

Cours de Chymie. 

Paris, Chez l'autheur, 1677.
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950 €

The rare second edition.

Photo SCHLUTTER, Christophe-André || HELLOT. 

SCHLUTTER, Christophe-André || HELLOT. 

De la Fonte des Mines, des Fonderies, &tc. 

Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1764-1753.
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750 €

French edition (first for vol. 2 and second for vol. 1 in uniform binding).
The most important eighteenth-century book on mining, or refining, metallurgical chemistry, smelting, and essaying. (Neville).

Photo BACCI, Andrea. 

BACCI, Andrea. 

De thermis libri septem. In quo agitur de universa aquarum natura, deque earum differentiis omnibus, ac mistionibus cum terris, cum ignibus, cum metallis. 

Venise, Felicem Valgrisum, 1588.
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Second enlarged edition.

Photo BERZELIUS, Jöns Jacob. 

BERZELIUS, Jöns Jacob. 

Des Changemens dans le système de minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la propriété que possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies. (publié dans Annales de Chimie et de Physique - Tome XXXI). 

Paris, Crochard, 1826.
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250 €

First edition.
Berzelius is the first to propose a system of classification of the elements by designating them by an abbreviation of their Latin name. It is the system of naming atoms that we always use (Au for Gold for example). He also proposed in his System of mineralogy in 1818 a beginning of classification of simple and compound elements. In this article he modifies his system taking into account Mitscherlich's recent work on isomorphic crystals and proposes a new classification according to the electronegativity of the elements.

We find in the same volume an article by Antoine Becquerel, "Investigations on the electrical effects of contact produced in changes of temperature, and application which can be made to the determination of high temperatures".

Photo CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

Des couleurs et de leurs applications aux arts industriels à l’aide des cercles chromatiques. Avec XXVII planches gravées sur acier et imprimées en couleurs par René Digeon. 

Paris, J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1864.
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5500 €

First edition of the rarest of Chevreul's publications on color.

Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) is known to chemists for his research on fatty acids, saponification, and the discovery of stearin, but it is as a color theorist that his name will go down in history. Chevreul was appointed director of the Manufacture des Gobelins in 1824. Responsible for overseeing the production of dyes, he supported the work of dyers with his research on color perception. Thus, in 1839, he proposed a scientific approach to color complementarity and subsequently developed "color circles." A true "Pantone" color chart, a hundred years ahead of its time, Chevreul's color circles had the dual benefit of systematizing the production of hues (each with its own name) and making it easier to understand the concept of color complementarity. Thus, complementary colors are found on the same diameter of the color wheel, Red No. 2 corresponds to Green No. 2. "I believe I can affirm that it is possible to subject colors to a reasoned nomenclature, by relating them to types classified according to a simple method, accessible to the intelligence of all those who deal with colors" (extract from the preface). The standardization of color production was to interest first and foremost the industry then in full development, but it is undoubtedly in the Impressionist movement that Chevreul's theories found their finest accomplishment. Very early on, painters were inspired by Chevreul's work in their paintings, starting with Delacroix and then Monet. We will thus remember the fields of poppies dear to the Impressionists (Van Gogh, Monet, Pissaro...) where the red dots of the flowers burst out on complementary green backgrounds. The 27 spectacular plates were printed by René-Henri Digeon using chromochalcography, the process and difficulties of which are discussed in a paragraph in the book. Digeon appears to have presented a first edition of these plates at the 1855 World's Fair, for which he received a patent from the Empress. Several of the plates in our copy appear to be from this first edition and contain errors that have been corrected in other later copies that we have been able to consult.

Photo [MACQUER, Pierre-Joseph]. 

[MACQUER, Pierre-Joseph]. 

Dictionnaire de chymie, contenant la théorie & la pratique de cette science. 

Paris, Lacombe, 1766.
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1250 €

First edition, state A.
The most important work from Pierre-Joseph Macquer (1718-1784) which will remain for years a reference for chemists of the 18th century.
It is also the first alphabetical dictionary of chemistry.

Photo [MACQUER, Pierre-Joseph]. 

[MACQUER, Pierre-Joseph]. 

Dictionnaire de chymie, contenant la théorie & la pratique de cette science. 

Paris, Lacombe, 1766.
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800 €

Second (first pirated) edition.
A pirated reprint of the first edition, printed from type that has been reset and in which there are small but significant changes (Neville).

The most important work from Pierre-Joseph Macquer (1718-1784) which will remain for years a reference for chemists of the 18th century.
It is also the first alphabetical dictionary of chemistry.

Photo SCHULTZ, Gottfried || MICHAELIS, Johann. 

SCHULTZ, Gottfried || MICHAELIS, Johann. 

Dissertatio pharmaceutico-therapeutica de Natura Tincturae Bezoardicae
[Relié à la suite : ]
Scrutinium Cinnabarinum Seu Triga Cinnabriorum, Hall. Saxon, Simon Joh. Hubner, 1680. 

Hall. Saxon, Simon Joh. Hubner, 1678.
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1350 €

Bound together, two rare works by Gottfried Schultz (1643-1698) based on the work of Johann Michaelis (1606-1667).

1. First edition of this work in wich Schultz focuses on the preparation and use of the Michaelis bezoardic dye. This preparation will be part of the pharmacopoeia until the second half of the eighteenth century.

2. First edition.
Work devoted to the preparation and use of cinnabar (mercury sulphide) in the pharmacopoeia. The author discusses the different forms of cinnabar, natural cinnabar, cinnabar of antimony, ...
It is Paracelsus who first popularizes the use of cinnabar in medicine with its antimony oil.
At the end we find an appendage devoted to magnetic plaster.

Few references of a medicine then strongly influenced by alchemical works.

Photo SCHULTZ, Gottfried || MICHAELIS, Johann. 

SCHULTZ, Gottfried || MICHAELIS, Johann. 

Dissertatio pharmaceutico-therapeutica de Natura Tincturae Bezoardicae. 

Hall. Saxon, Simon Joh. Hubner, 1678.
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350 €

First edition of this work in wich Schultz focuses on the preparation and use of the Michaelis bezoardic dye. This preparation will be part of the pharmacopoeia until the second half of the eighteenth century.

Few references of a medicine then strongly influenced by alchemical works.

Photo MACQUER, Pierre Joseph. 

MACQUER, Pierre Joseph. 

Elémens de chymie théorique. 

Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1749.
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400 €

First edition.
This book is one of the most influential treatises of the mid-18th century.

Photo DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste André. 

DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste André. 

Essai de statique chimique des êtres organisés. 

Paris, Fortin, Masson & cie, 1842.
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90 €

Seconde edition.
Jean-Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1802-1887) were French chemists. Dumas is one of the founders of organic chemistry, and Boussingault is considered the father of modern agronomy.

Photo DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste André || BOUSSINGAULT, Jean-Baptiste. 

DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste André || BOUSSINGAULT, Jean-Baptiste. 

Essai de statique chimique des êtres organisés. 

Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1844.
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40 €

Third edition.
Jean-Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1802-1887) were French chemists. Dumas is one of the founders of organic chemistry, and Boussingault is considered the father of modern agronomy.

Photo BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste. 

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste. 

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles. 

Paris et Saint-Pétersbourg, Klostermann, 1810.
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350 €

First edition, the first issue with the scarce 1810 title page.
An important work and comprehensive treatise on natural and mineral waters. The first part covers internal and external uses of fresh water, seawater, and different kinds of mineral water. The major portion of the book describes the principal spas of Europe in alphabetical order, including chemical analyses of the waters. The last section gives detailed directions for the preparation of artificial mineral waters, with plates showing apparatus for making hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogel sulphide. The machine designed by L.A. Planche for making carbonated mineral waters under pressure is described.

Photo DECKENS, A. 

DECKENS, A. 

Étude complète sur les phosphates.
Atlas contenant 250 figures. 

Liège, H.Poncelet, 1894.
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20 €
Photo DEMACHY, Jean François. 

DEMACHY, Jean François. 

Examen physique et chimique d'une eau minérale trouvée chez M. de Calsabigi à Passy; comparée aux eaux du même côteau, connues sous le nom des nouvelles eaux minérales de Madame Belami. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1756].
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250 €

First edition.

Rare brochure that follows the analyzes of Rouelle and Cadet on the waters of Passy. The purpose of this study is to show that the water found in Mrs. Belami, neighbor of the Calasabigi is at least as good.

Photo STAHL, Georg Ernst. 

STAHL, Georg Ernst. 

Experimenta, Observationes, Animadversiones, CCC Numero Chymicae et Physicae. 

Berlin, Haude, 1731.
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750 €

First edition.
"An important work in 301 sections in wihch Stahl comments critically on a wide variety of chemical and physical phenomena and experiments. There is a long discussion on phlogiston and its supposed properties (section 38, pp.55-64)... This work, published just three years before he died, is interresting because it summarizes Stahl's theories toward the end of his life" (Neville).

Photo BOURDON, Isidore. 

BOURDON, Isidore. 

Guide aux eaux minérales de la France, de l'Allemagne, de la Suisse et de l'Italie. 

Paris, Crochard et Cie, 1837.
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150 €

Seconde edition.

Photo DELACRE, Maurice. 

DELACRE, Maurice. 

Histoire de la Chimie. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1920.
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40 €

Maurice Delacre (1862-1936) was a Belgian chemist, a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium and professor at the University of Ghent. His work Histoire de la Chimie (History of Chemistry) is an in-depth study of the development of chemistry through the ages. Awarded by the Institut de France (Binoux prize), this book demonstrates the recognition of his work in the history of science. The work traces the major stages of chemistry, from ancient practices to modern theories, and highlights key figures and major discoveries that have shaped this discipline.

Photo GAY-LUSSAC, Louis Joseph. 

GAY-LUSSAC, Louis Joseph. 

Instruction Pour l'usage de L'Alcoomètre Centésimal, et des Tables qui l'accompagnent. 

Paris, Collardeau, 1824.
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250 €

First edition.
In 1821, he was commissioned by the French administration to define a practical method for accurately measuring the alcohol concentration of drinks. Gay-Lussac is developing a hydrometer graduated on the volumetric alcohol concentration. This gives the Gay-Lussac degree which corresponds to the percentage of alcohol in the wine for example. The law of 1824 on the taxation of alcoholic beverages uses his work. With Collardeau, a former student of the École Polytechnique, he became a manufacturer of scientific instruments and marketed his alcoholometer in 1830.

Photo ROTHE, Gottfried. 

ROTHE, Gottfried. 

Introduction a la Chymie, accompagnée de deux traitez, l'un sur le Sel des Métaux, & l'autre sur le Souphre Anodyn du Vitriol.
Avec une analyse raisonnée de l'Antimoine. 

Paris, Hyppolite-Louis Guerin & Jacques Guerin, 1741.
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350 €

First french edition.
Rothe was a pupil of Stal's, and graduated in medicine at Leipzig University, He died at the early age of thirty-one.
This work on chemistry, first posthumously published in 1717, was one of the best and clearest manuals of its time (Fergusson).
The greatly enlarged, definitive French edition of this important work, containing translations by Clausier of the main text (viz. Antleitung zur Chymie), supplement (Anhang) on metallic salts, and another work by Rothe on the anodyne sulphur of vitriol. In addition there are translations of two works on antomony and its compounds by the Dresden chemist E.P. Meuder, as listed in the title. The book ends with a supplement on Quelques nouvelles préparations du ... médicinal, describing antimonial medicines (pp.499-503).
Meuder was the first to prove that the mineral stibnite is a compound of metallic antimony and sulphur. (Partington II, 198).

Photo DELUC, Jean-André. 

DELUC, Jean-André. 

Introduction a la physique terrestre par les fluides expansibles, précédée de deux mémoires sur la nouvelle théorie chymique. 

Paris, Vve Nyon, 1803.
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750 €

First edition.
Full margin copy, as issue.

Jean-André de Luc (1727-1817) was a Genevan physicist and geologist who worked on expansible fluids and hygrometry. A member of the Royal Society of London, he was known for his work on atmospheric physics and the measurement of altitude. This work is a study of terrestrial physics through the prism of gases and fluids, focusing on atmospheric phenomena.
Deluc strenuously opposed the new chemical theory associated with Lavoisier and in this work attempted to show "that meteorological phenomena strongly militate against it and in general that the hypothesis of the composition of water (the fundamental point in the theory) has maintained itself only by numerous other hypotheses which are in contradiction with known facts." (D.S.B.).

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