‎Chemistry‎

‎HASSELT, A.W.M. VON - J.B. HENKEL.‎

‎Allgemeine Giftlehre und die Gifte des Pflanzenreichs. Für Chemiker, Ärzte, Apotheker und Gerichtspersonen. Nach der zweiten Auflage aus dem Holländischen frei bearbeitet und mit Zusätzen versehen von J.B. Henkel.‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg u. Sohn, 1862. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. XV,552 pp. A little brownspotted.‎

‎(Handbuch der Giftlehre von J.B. Henkel, Erster Theil).‎

Bookseller reference : 21333

‎"BERZELIUS, J. JACOB.‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers Schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt von F. Wöhler. 1. Band, Erste Abth.‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1825. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Back slightly rubbed. Stamp on title. XVIII,442 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on goos paper.‎

‎First German edition. The first part of Berzelius' famous ""Lehrbuch"".‎

Bookseller reference : 23430

‎NAUMANN, ALEX.‎

‎Grundriss der Thermochemie oder der Lehre von den Beziehungen zwischen Wärme und chemische Erscheinungen vom Standpunkte der mechanischen Wärmetheorie dargestellt.‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg u. Sohn, 1869. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. 2 stamps on title. VIII,150 pp.‎

‎First edition of Naumann's main work.‎

Bookseller reference : 24584

‎REGNAULT-STRECKER (ADOLPH STRECKER).‎

‎Kurzes Lehrbuch der Chemie in zwei Theilen. (1. Anorganische Chemie. Achte verb. Aufl. - 2. Organische Chemie. Fünfte verb. Aufl.).‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg und Sohn, 1869-68. Small 8vo. 2 cont. hcalf. Backs with small traces of use. XXVII,770XXX,889 pp. Richly illustrated with woodcuts in the text, 1 folded table and 1 folded colourplate.‎

Bookseller reference : 25546

‎FINDLAY, ALEX.‎

‎Einführung in die Phasenlehre und ihre Anwendungen. Mit 134 Abb. im Text und einer Tafel.‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1907. Lex8vo. Cont. hcloth. VII,224 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 25771

‎JÜPTNER, H.Von.‎

‎Das Chemische Gleichgewicht auf Grund mechanischer Vorstellungen. Mit 60 Figuren im text.‎

‎Leipzig u. Berlin, Teubner, 1910. Orig. full cloth. IV,367 pp.‎

‎First edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 25775

‎THOMSEN, JULIUS.‎

‎Systematische Durchführung Thermochemischer Untersuchungen. Zahlenwerte und theoretische Ergebnisse. Autorisierte Übers. von J. Traube.‎

‎Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1906. Lex8vo. Orig. full cloth, gilt. Back faded. A small tear at foot of spine. XVI,382 pp.‎

‎First German edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 26095

‎BARFOED, C.T.‎

‎Lærebog i den Analytiske Chemie. Prøvemidlerne og den Uorganiske qvalitative Analyse. Anden Udgave.‎

‎Kbhvn., 1880. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. XI,(6),728 pp. Tekstillustr.‎

Bookseller reference : 26278

‎"BIRINGUCCIO, VANOCCIO.‎

‎La Pyrothecnie, ov Art dv Fev, contenant dix Livres. Avs Qvels est amplement traicté de toutes sortes & diuersité de minieres, fusions & separations de metaux: des formes & moules pour ietter artilleries, cloches & toutes autres figures: distillations...‎

‎A Rouen, Iacques Cailloüe, 1627. 4to. Cont. full vellum. Spine w. a gilt green title-label. Title-page lightly browned and with a small rubberstamp. A few marginal dampstains. One leaf repaired in a corner. A fine, well preserved copy (4), (456), (4) pp. Having 84 large woodcut-illustrations in the text (each ab. 1/3 page large), showing apparatus and equipment for chemistry, mining, fireworks, metallurgy etc.‎

‎Fourth French edition of this much-quoted work, mainly dealing with metallurgy (as the title in 16th-century Italian meant metallurgy) and all sorts of combustible materials, including fireworks e.g.: chapter IX, The Manner of compounding various incendiary compositions which are commonly called fireworks, chapter X, Methods of preparing fireworks called Girondoles, which were once customarily used in some Tuscan cities for magnificent displays for public Festivities on Solomon Feast Days. ""Biringuccio's reputation derives from a single work, his Pirotechnica, published in 1540...As the first comprehensive account of the fire-using arts to be printed, the Pirotechnica is a prime source of many practical aspects of inorganic chemistry. Biringuccio emphasizes the adaptation of minerals and metals to use - their alloying, working, and especially the art of casting, of which he writes in great detail. The Pirotechnia contains eighty three woodcuts, the most useful being those depicting furnaces for distillation, bellows, mechanisms, and devices for boring cannon and drawing wire."" (DBS II:142). - Chris Philip. A Bibliography of Firework Books. B 110.‎

Bookseller reference : 26606

‎THOMSEN, JULIUS.‎

‎Bidrag til et thermochemisk System. - [THE FIRST ENUNCIATION OF THE THERMOCHEMICAL AFFINITY PRINCIPLE]‎

‎(Copenhagen, 1852). 4to. Bound in fine recent marbled boards with leather-title on frontcover with gilt lettering. pp. (115)-165 (as issued in: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter volume 5:III, 1852).‎

‎First edition of Thomsen's main contribution in the field of Thermochemistry, undoubtly the main contribution by a Dane in chemistry in the 19th Century. The paper from 1852 is famous as it is the first statement of a new thermochemical nomenclatura, and the paper contains the first enunciation of the thermochemical affinity principle, which states that chemical affinity, or the attraction between substances, can be measured by the heat evolved when bodies combine. His fundamental thought was that the evolution of heat accompanying a chemical reaction (which he calls 'varmetoning', equivalent to enthalpy change) is an exact expression of the chemical affinity of the reaction.‎

Bookseller reference : 26981

‎FELS, WOLFFGANG IACOB.‎

‎Dissertatio Inauguralis Medico-Chymica de Sale Ammoniaco eiusdemqve usu Ledico Chymico ac Curioso qvam praeside Martino Gotthelff Loeschero...pro Licentia.‎

‎Wittemberg, Schroeder, (1726). 4to. No wrappers. Titlepage lightly soiled. 36 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 27839

‎HERMBSTÄDT, SIGISMUND FREDERIK.‎

‎Grundrids af den experimentale Kameral=Chemie for Kameralister, Agronomer, Forstbetientere og Technologer. Oversat af det Tydske ved J.F. Bergsøe.‎

‎Kbhvn., Brünnich, 1812. Samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og skindtitel. Ryg lidt slidt, lille revne øverst i fals. Hjørner stødte. XIV,698 pp. Bogen har tilhørt Paul Bergsøe, og bærer hans navn på fribladet.‎

‎Første danske udgave af dette vigtige værk indenfor den kemiske teknologi. - Bibl. Danica II:147.‎

Bookseller reference : 27876

‎OTTO, FR. JUL.‎

‎Ausführlicher Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie. Vierte umgearb. Aufl. In drei Abtheilungen. 2 Bde. (3 Abth.).‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg u. Sohn, 1863. 3 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Tome-and titlelabels in leather. Backs lightly rubbed. 121514561116 pp. Richly textillustr. with woodcuts‎

Bookseller reference : 28162

‎"DALTON, JOHN.‎

‎Meteorological Observations and Essays. - [THE FOUNDATION OF METEOROLOGY]‎

‎London, W. Richardson, 1793. Cont. hcalf, professionally rebacked in old style with raised bands. orig. gilt title-label preserved. XVI,208 pp. Light yellowing to leaves, scattered brownspots. Front-and end-papers brownspotted.‎

‎First edition of Dalton's first book. In chemistry Dalton was the founder of ""The Atomic Theory"" (A New System of Chemical Philosophy 1808-27) and with his ""Meteorological Observations"" and supplementary lectures he laid the foundation of modern meteorology, establishing the cause of air's homogeneity and formulating the law of partial pressures. In the attempt to give solid experimental bases for his studies, Dalton laid the foundation of future atomic theory, beginning an experimental inquiry into proportions of different gases in the atmosphere. (PMM p.157). - A.L. Smyth No. 1.‎

Bookseller reference : 28834

‎"PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH.‎

‎Observations on different Kinds of Air. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D.F.R.S. (Caption title: ""Read March 5,12,19,26,1772"").‎

‎(London, 1772). 4to. Bound in a fine recent brown hmorocco in old style, gilt back. In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society pp. 147-264 (vol. 62) and 1 folded engraved plate (P.Basire Sc.). A fine large copy, broad margins, printed on good paper, clean and fine throughout.‎

‎First edition of this important tract, which marked an epoch in the history of chemistry. As it is Priestley's first extensive work on Gases, it foreshadowed his identification of Oxygen.""The paper here, for which the Royal Society awarded Priestley the Copley medal announced the discovery of hydrochloric acid and nitric oxide and the use of the latter in measuring the purity of air, which led through the work of Cavendish, Fontana and others to exact eudiometry. Priestley also observed that plants consume carbon dioxide and gave out oxygen, thereby purifying air which has been vitiated by combustion, respiration and putrefaction, and that this action takes place only under daylight."" (Printing and the Mind of Man No. 217).""In this paper he also announced two new gases that he had obtained - nitrous oxide and carbonic oxide"" these won him the Royal Society's Copley medal. Two years later his experiments in heating red oxide of mercury produced ""dephlogisticated air"" which was announced in 1775 and identified by Lavoisier as oxygen."" (Dibner Heralds of Science No. 40).The work contains a proposal to saturate water with carbonic acid under either atmospheric or increased pressure, which led to the creation of the mineral-water industry.The Centenary of the discovery of oxygen was celebrated at Priestley's American home at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, and was followed in 1876 by the foundation of the American Chemical Society. (PMM). Honeyman No. 2535 - The Barchas Collection No 1718.‎

Bookseller reference : 29076

‎"PASTEUR, LOUIS.‎

‎Expériences relatives aux générations dites spontanées. + De l'origine des ferments. Nouvelle experiénces relatives aux générations dites spontanées. + Nouvelles experiences relatives aux générations dites spontanées. + Suite à une précédente communi... - [PMM 336(B) - BACTERIOLOGY]‎

‎Paris, 1860. 4to. 4 papers laid loose in a marbled cover, from ""Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences"" vol. 50: pp. 303-307 and pp. 849-854 - vol. 51: pp. 348-352 and 675-678. Uncut, light marginal browning and a few brownspots.‎

‎First edition. These 4 papers mark the downfall of the theory of spontaneous generation, and all of Pasteur's later work in this field can be seen as an extension, elaboration, and defence of the principles and methods set forth here, and it is from these conclusions all modern bacteriology and immunology have developed. Pasteur was awarded the Zecker Price 1861 for these discoveries. - Printing and the Mind of Man No, 336 (b) - Garrison & Morton No. 2474.‎

Bookseller reference : 29197

‎(BERZELIUS, J. JACOB).‎

‎(Von der Anwendung des Löthrohrs in der Chemie und Mineralogie. 2. Auflage.).‎

‎(Nürnberg, Schrag, 1828). Cont. marbled boards. Gilt back. Gilt titlelabel. Lightly rubbed. XVI,282 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Titlepage lacks and with a hole in pp. 1-2 loosing some words on p.2. A few leaves with marginal browning, otherwise clean and printed on good paper.‎

‎Second German edition, the first published 1821 translated from the Swedish original from 1820. The classic work on the blowpipe and its history.‎

Bookseller reference : 29279

‎WÖHLER, FRIEDRICH.‎

‎Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs. - [THE BEGINNING OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY]‎

‎(Leipzig, 1828). 8vo. Pages 253-56 extracted from volume 12 of Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Recent paper wrappers.‎

‎First edition of this foundation work of organic chemistry. The first synthetic preparation of an organic compound from inorganic materials. Wöhler's most important contribution to chemistry is his synthesis of urea by heating ammonium cyanate. This discovery destroyed the vitalistic theory which held that organic compounds could be produced only by living organisms, and led eventually to the brilliant results that have been achieved in attempts to synthesize other organic compounds. The work is generally regarded as being the beginning of organic chemistry. Dibner: Heralds of Science, no. 45. Sparrow: Milestones of Science, no. 197 Garrison & Morton, no. 671.‎

Bookseller reference : 29787

‎"MARGGRAF, (ANDREAS SIGISMUND).‎

‎Démonstration de la Possibilité de tirer les sels alcalis fixes du Tartre, Par le Moyen des Acides, sans employer l'Action d'un Feu véhément. (And) Observation concernant une Insecte, qu'on trouve sur les Feuilles de la Guede...en tire les parties ...‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers. As issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" Tome XX pp. 3-24 and 1 engraved plate.‎

‎This paper on the preparation of fixed alkali from tartar by means of acid without employing a violent fire, may have suggested the preparation of tartaric acid to Scheele. (Partington II:729).‎

Bookseller reference : 31079

‎HEIBERG, C.B.‎

‎Pharmaceutisk Chemie med særligt Hensyn til den danske Pharmacopoe.‎

‎København, Buurstavs Forlag, 1857. Samt. lidt slidt hldrbd. Noget brunplettet. (4),717,(2) pp. Tekstillustrationer.‎

Bookseller reference : 31721

‎"MARGGRAF, (ANDREAS SIGISMUND).‎

‎Demonstration Fondée sur des Experiences, que la Pierre serpentine de Saxe ne doit pas etre mise dans la Classe de L'Argille, et comptée parmi les Pierres Argilleuses (and) Rapport des Effects de L'Acide du Vitriol sur diverses Pierres, ou Especes d...‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome XV, pp.3-11 and 12-18.‎

‎Two first editions by Marggraf of whom Thomson said ""(he) was in some measure the beginner of chemical analysis"" for before his time the chemical analysis of bodies had hardly been attempted"".‎

Bookseller reference : 31824

‎PYROTECHNICS - FIREWORKS - MORTIMER, G.W.‎

‎A Manual of Pyrotechny or a familiar System of Recreative Fire=Works.‎

‎London, W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1824. Small 8vo. Later solid fabrikoid cloth. Partly uncut. VIII,172 pp. and 2 folded woodengraved plates with 39 figs. (the first plate numb.:plate 1, the second unnumb.). A few leaves slightly brownspotted, a few annotations in old hand.‎

‎First edition of a very popular book which ran through at least 3 English editions and 2 American editions. - Chrisp Philip. A Bibliography of Firework Books: M 190.1.‎

Bookseller reference : 32153

‎LANCASTER, RONALD, TAKEO SHIMIZU, E.A. BUTLER, RONALD G. HALL.‎

‎Fireworks. Principles and Practice.‎

‎N.Y., Chemical Publishing Co., 1972. Orig. full fabrikoid. Gilt back. V,274 pp. 134 textillustrations.‎

‎First edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 32176

‎WEINGART, GEORGE WASHINGTON.‎

‎Pyrotechnics, Civil and Military.‎

‎N.Y., Chemical Publishing Co., 1947. Private full cloth, binding somewhat worn, but intact. Lacking the titlepage. V,244 pp. Richly textillustrated and with the 4 colourplates. Some finger-soiling to leaves.‎

‎Second edition. Philip W050.7‎

Bookseller reference : 32190

‎PYROTECHNICS - VERGNAUD, A.D.‎

‎Manuel de L'Artificier, ou L'Art de faire toutes Sortes de Feux d'artifice a peu de frais, et d'apres les meilleurs procédés contenant les Élémens de Pyrotechnie civile et militaire ceux de l'Art du Salpêtrier et du Poudrier, leur aplication p...‎

‎Paris, Roret, 1828. 12mo. Uncut in cont. blank wrappers. IV,283 pp. + Publisher's announcements 36 pp., 2 folded engraved plates and 3 folded tables. Titlepage and last page a bit soiled.‎

‎This popular work ran through many editions, sometimes under different titles. The popularity of these works printed by Roret is such that a number of them have recently been reprinted...(Chris Philip V.040 ff.).‎

Bookseller reference : 32277