Chaptal, Jean-Antoine

Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures in Four Volumes, Volume II only, (Personal copy of William Jones Rhees)

      London: Printed for Richard Phillips 1807 - A hardcover volume bound in full leather. Boards are rubbed and worn. Front board is detached and rear board is attached with chords. Front free endpaper is also detached. Binding of text block is remains strong. Apart from the usual foxing and toning typical of a volume this age, pages are clean. Includes a handsome black and white engraved plate that folds out and is accompanied by an explanation. Plate shows 4 figures: two hydro-pneumatic troughs, a phial provided with a tube and a tube with a curved end. In the front of the volume is inscribed the name, "Wm. Jones Rhees." Mr. Rhees was the Chief Clerk of the Smithsonian beginning in 1855 and wrote numerous volumes of Smithsonian history including, "An Account of the Smithsonian Institution," in 1857 and " The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History," in 1879. Volume 2 of a 4 volume set. [Attributes: Hard Cover]