CHAPTAL, Jean Antoine Claude

Chimie appliquée aux Arts

      Twelve folding engraved plates. lxxix, 302 pp.; viii, 544 pp.; 2 p.l., viii, 534 pp.; 2 p.l., viii, 554 pp. Four vols. 8vo, cont. half-calf & paste-paper boards, flat spines gilt, contrasting leather lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Deterville, 1807.pFirst edition of the earliest treatise on chemical technology based on the new principles of chemistry. Partington describes this work as "one of the best treatises on technical chemistry of its time, and the preface contains some economic and political considerations which are still true" (Vol. III, 557). There are important sections on dyeing, pottery, glass making, tanning, soap making, gunpowder, and distillation. The plates depict chemical apparatus and processes. Attractive set. Cole 252. D.S.B., III, pp. 198-203. Duveen, p. 130. En Francais dans le Texte 213!"Ce livre est la somme de ses idees et de ses recherches.". First Edition. Hard cover.