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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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Photo HOLLARD, Auguste. 

HOLLARD, Auguste. 

La Théorie des ions et l'électrolyse. 

Paris, Gauthier Villars, [v. 1920].
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30 €
Photo BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

Thermochimie. Données et lois numériques. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1897.
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250 €

First edition.

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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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 DECKENS, A. 

DECKENS, A. 

Étude complète sur les phosphates.
Atlas contenant 250 figures. 

Liège, H.Poncelet, 1894.
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20 €
Photo LÜDERT, Hugo. 

LÜDERT, Hugo. 

Über hexametaphosphorsaure Salze. Inaugural-Dissertation. 

Hamburg, Voss, 1893.
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120 €

First edition of this thesis on chemistry
With 17 other inaugural dissertation for obtaining doctorate.(1929-1949. All in German, from Leontyna Mamlok, Peter Leiser, Georg Läufer, August Grüne, Max Heilmann, Oskar Riester, Bernhard Cyriac, Johann Porges, Hans, Rikli, Kurt Tauss, Johann Porges, Hans Rikli, Walter Jenny, Muvaffak Seyhan, Wilhelm L. Steven, Baboo Mehta, Eduard J. Schubert, Gustav Renckhoff, R. Wisinger.

Photo CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

Mémoire sur la vision des couleurs matérielles en mouvement de rotation et des vitesses numériques de cercles. 

Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1882 [1881].
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First edition of Chevreul's last works on color.
A rare offprint with its own title page published by Firmin-Didot in 1882, of an article presented to the Academy of Sciences in December 1880 and January 1881 (one generally only finds the article extracted from the Mémoires de l'institut published in 1883). Chevreul is interested here in physiological optics, trying to analyze how the contrast between complementary colors is affected by movement.
In his conclusion, in which he calls himself "the dean of students in France" (he was then 95 years old), he sees a direct application of his work to signaling for train drivers.

Photo BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

BERTHELOT, Marcelin. 

Essai de mécanique chimique fondée sur la thermochimie. 

Paris, Dunod, 1879.
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400 €

First edition, with the rare supplement.
"A monumental work in which Berthelot "laid the foundation of thermochemistry" (Zeitlinger). His researches began a new epoch, and in this work he introduced the terms exo- and endo-thermic. Although a number of chemists before him had made contributions regarding the evolution and absoption of heat in chemical reactions, it was Berthelot whose experimental determinations cover almost the whole range of chemical reaction." ... "Most copies lack the important and rare Supplément" (Neville).

Photo REGNAULT, Victor. 

REGNAULT, Victor. 

Premiers éléments de chimie. 

Paris, Victor Masson / Garnier Frères, 1873.
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40 €

Sixth edition.

Photo DEHERIAN, Pierre-Paul || SCHUTZENBERGER, Paul || FRIEDEL, Charles || LE ROUX? FRançois-Pierre || GAUTIER, Armand || TOLLENS, Bernhard. 

DEHERIAN, Pierre-Paul || SCHUTZENBERGER, Paul || FRIEDEL, Charles || LE ROUX? FRançois-Pierre || GAUTIER, Armand || TOLLENS, Bernhard. 

Leçons de Chimie professées en 1868 et 1869. 

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1870.
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75 €

First edition.

Photo TROOST, L. 

TROOST, L. 

Précis de chimie. 

Paris, Victor Masson et fils, 1868.
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40 €
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 ROBIN, Charles-Philippe || VERDEIL, François. 

ROBIN, Charles-Philippe || VERDEIL, François. 

Traité de chimie anatomique et physiologique normale et pathologique ou des principes immédiats normaux et morbides qui constituent le corps de l'homme et des mammifères. 

Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1853.
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Charles-Philippe Robin (1821-1885), was a doctor, a botanist, and a French physiologist.
This book is the result of his research, which aimed to analyze the different components of human tissues and those of animals. The atlas illustrates more than 1000 crystals observed under the microscope and which are parts of the tissues studied. Out of 26 plates of the atlas are watercolored by hand.

Photo PAYEN, Anselme. 

PAYEN, Anselme. 

Précis de chimie industrielle à l'usage des écoles préparatoires aux professions industrielles et des fabricants. 

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1849.
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75 €

First edition.
Anselme Payen (1795-1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.

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 BERZELIUS, Jöns Jacob. 

BERZELIUS, Jöns Jacob. 

Théorie des proportions chimiques, et Table synoptique des poids atomiques des corps simples, et de leurs combinaisons les plus importantes. 

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1835.
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350 €

Second edition.
A Swedish chemist considered one of the fathers of modern chemistry, Berzelius notably introduced the current chemical notation (the symbols of the elements) and discovered several chemical elements.
This edition offers a table of atomic weights largely increased compared to the first edition of 1819.

Some annotations in the margin by George-Henry Love, a former student of the Ecole Centrale de Paris (class of 1840), who was director of the Charentes railways and president of the Society of Civil Engineers.

Photo [DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste]. 

[DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste]. 

Traité de chimie appliquée aux arts. Atlas du deuxième volume. 

[Paris], s.n., [1828].
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25 €
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 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 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 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 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 ADET, Pierre-Auguste. 

ADET, Pierre-Auguste. 

Leçons élémentaires de chimie à l'usage des lycées. 

Paris, Dentu, An XIII - 1804.
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750 €

First edition.
Binding with empire gilt arms on covers.

Photo FOURCROY, Antoine-François. 

FOURCROY, Antoine-François. 

Tableaux synoptiques de chimie, pour servir de résumé aux leçons données sur cette science dans les écoles de Paris. 

Paris, Baudouin, An VIII [1800].
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2500 €

First edition.

Photo BRISSON, Mathurin-Jacques. 

BRISSON, Mathurin-Jacques. 

Traité élémentaire ou principe de physique [suivi de] Elémens ou principes physico-chymiques. 

Paris, Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1800.
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Frist complete edition with the first edition of the fourth volume.
Complete homogeneous set in 4 volumes and 52 plates of this physics and chemistry course published by Mathurin-Jacques Brisson.
Assistant to Réaumur then to Nollet, Brisson became a professor of physics at the College of Navarre and then at the Ecole Centrale. He began to publish his Elementary Treaty of Physics in 1789. This third edition of 1800 was supplemented by a new volume on chemistry to serve as a follow-up to physics.

Photo FOURCROY, Antoine-François de. 

FOURCROY, Antoine-François de. 

Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Lavoisier. 

Paris, Impr. de la Feuille du cultivateur, An IV [1796].
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Bound after with separate title page and pagination : "La Mort de Lavoisier, Hyérodrame Mis en musique par le Citoyen Langlé... Paroles de Charles Désaudray". 7-(1bl.) pages.
Two brochures praising Lavoisier after he was guillotined.

Photo LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste. 

LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste. 

Recherches sur les Causes des Principaux faits Physiques, Et particulièrement sur celles de la Combustion, de l'Elévation de l'eau dans l'état de vapeurs de la Chaleur produite. 

Paris, Maradan, An II [1794].
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950 €

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Lamarck's first work in the field of chemistry in which he reverses Lavoisier's chemical revolution and proposes a system based on the theory of the four elements and phlogiston.
Apart from expounding his bizarre chemical theories, the book is important for his later views on biology and geology. Of interest is the section "Recherches sur les têtres organiques", which sets out his ideas on the origin of life before he abandoned his belief in a fixed species and became an evolutionist.
Lamarck's "chemical theories played an important part in the development of his ideas the origin of species, as they provived a materialistic definition of life, reproduction and evolution." (Norman).

Photo LAVOISIER, Antoine-Laurent. 

LAVOISIER, Antoine-Laurent. 

Traité élémentaire de Chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d'après les découvertes modernes. 

Paris, Cuchet, 1793.
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Second edition, printed by Chardon.
Several critical ideas that appear in this book laid the firm foundation for Lavoisier's
claim to the title as "the father of modern chemistry".
13 engravings from Paulze Lavoisier (author's wife).

Photo REYNIER, Jean-Louis-Antoine. 

REYNIER, Jean-Louis-Antoine. 

Du Feu et de quelques-uns de ses principaux effets. 

Lausanne, Mourer, 1787.
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First edition.
Reynier makes "fire" in this work, an essential constituent of the material which ensures its cohesion.
His theory announces, following Lavoisier, the replacement of the phlogiston theory by the caloric theory.
Our modern gaze would find that by replacing “fire” with “energy”, Reynier demonstrates many interesting intuitions here. As such it is often cited by Bachelard in his “Psychoanalysis of Fire”.

Photo PILHES, Jean-François. 

PILHES, Jean-François. 

Traité analytique et pratique des eaux thermales d'Ax et d'Ussat, avec la description des bains, des douches et des fontaines. 

Pamiers, André Larroire, 1787.
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Rare first edition of this work of Jean-François Pilhes (1746-1832) doctor in Pamiers about analysis of thermal waters from Ax and Ussat in the french Pyrenean moutains.

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