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1892–1903. BOOK. (SCIENCES—MEMOIRS). MEMOIRS OF J.-B. BOUSSINGAULT. Paris: Chamerot and Renouard Press, 1892–1903. 5 vols. I: One portrait + 3 sheets + 294 pp. + 1 sheet. II: One portrait + 2 sheets + 288 pp. One portrait + 2 sheets + 295 pp. + 1 sheet. IV: One portrait + 2 sheets + 359 pp. V: One portrait + 2 sheets + 373 pp. Five volumes with leather spines decorated with gilding, and cloth covers, with signs of discoloration on the edges and covers. Ex-libris. Numbered edition of 300 copies. Jean Baptiste Boussingault (1802–1887) was a chemist sent to South America as an agent for an English company; he managed abandoned mining operations in regions of Colombia and later Venezuela.