[CHEMISTRY]. PRIESTLEY (J.). EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON DIFFERENT BRANCHES …

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[CHEMISTRY]. PRIESTLEY (J.). EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF PHYSICS, with a continuation of Observations on Air. P., Nyon, 1782. Two volumes in-12 marbled tawny calf, smooth spines with partitions and ornamentation, garnet-red morocco titles and endpapers, red edges (period binding). One cap frayed, 4 corners dull, light wetness in margin of first ff. of vol. I. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated from English by M. Gibelin. 1 folding engraved PLANCHE. Joseph PRIESTLEY (1733-1804) was one of the founders of modern chemistry.

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