Manipulations chimiques.

Paris :: A. Sautelet, 1827., 1827. 2 volumes. XXIV, 428; [4], 364, [2] pp. Half-titles, wood-engravings, errata. Contemporary quarter dark calf, smooth-backed, simple gilt-rules, gilt-stamped title, marbled boards; vol. I upper joint reinforced with kozo. With ownership ticket of Dr. Roland Voegeli, chimiste (Swiss); title with ink-stamp of F. Mayor, Dr. Ch. Rare. [144] First edition in French, translated by Raymond Balthasar Maiseau (1782-1843), with his notes, . . . « et revu pour la partie technique» by Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy (1794-1882). The English edition was also issued in 1827. The preface contains the notable error, "sir Hamphry Davy" [sic] (p. VII). "A useful manual designed to assist a person 'in obtaining a knowledge of the chemistry of research.' Primarily for beginners, the work covered all aspects of manipulations used in the conduct of chemical experiments. Sect. XXIV (pp. 590-640) presents a collection of experiments and trials for practice, with references to the earlier paragraphs of the text." – Cole [432]. / "This is Faraday's only monograph; it gives a splendid picture of his experimental genius, his ability to turn things to new uses, and also of the laboratory practice of the day . . . Parts of it at least can still be read with profit by a chemist wishing to improve his basic laboratory techniques" – Knight, Natural Science Books in English, p. 141. / The valuable notes have been added by the translator Raymond Balthasar Maiseau (1782-1843), who also converted English weights and measures into the metric system. Much of the text was reviewed by Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy (1794-1882). Neville calls this text "one of the great milestones in the development of the chemical textbook." – p. 439. PROVENANCE [2]: title with ink-stamp of F. Mayor, Dr. Ch. – Dr. Roland Vogeli, chimiste (Swiss). (1931-1991) Lausanne, who wrote, Etude de l'acide du nitrile et de l'aldehyde 3, 4-dinitro-benzoi?ques, the?se. 1942. Vogeli also collected books in the history of chemistry. REFERENCES: Cole 434; Neville I, p. 443.