Collectible - Good First Edition

Par M. le Comte Chaptal. Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1819. 2 vols. 1st Edition. xlviii+248; [iv]+462+[4]pp. + 4 folding tables + 2 leaves of rear ads to volume one. With half-titles to both volumes. Last leaf in volume two contains the errata for both volumes. Contemporary parchment-backed mottled paste-boards with parchment spine labels. Near very good set. About 8 cm. of the first volume's mid-spine is lacking (including the spine label), otherwise a VG, moderately foxed set in a contemporary binding. Scarce. One of the first thorough surveys of French industry and commerce. One of the first to adhere to Lavoisier's anti-phlogiston doctrine, Chaptal "had a lifelong interest in chemical manufacture and achieved success in its commercial as well as its scientific side. He set up the first French factory for the commercial production of sulphuric acid," founded the Ecole des Arts et Metiers, and was Napoleon's Minister of the Interior [Trevor Williams, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists (Wiley, 1969), p. 104]. Weight: 1 pound 15.0 ounces = 883 grams. Size: 8.2 x 5.2 x 2.1 inches = 20.5 x 13 x 5.2cm. Inquire if you need further information.