‎MACQUER, (Pierre Joseph) (1718-1784):‎
‎Dictionnaire de chymie, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cette science, son application à la physique, à l'histoire naturelle, à la médecine, & aux arts dépendans de la chymie. Seconde édition revue & considérablement augmentée. En 3 (= A - Suie), (sur 4) volumes.‎

‎Neuchâtel, Société typographique, 1778, in-8vo, XXXVIII + 3 p. n.n. + 568 p. / 2 ff. + 655 p. / 2 ff. + 510 p., reliure en cuir originale d’époque.‎

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‎Macquer's chief publication. “Best known as the author of a widely read textbook and of the first chemical dictionary, Macquer... was an influencial member of the Paris scientific community and did much important, but unpublished research behind the scenes as a government scientific adviser” (DSB). Duveen remarks to the first edition of 1766: “By far the most important of Macquer's works: there had been technical dictionaries before but this was the first dictionary of theoretical and general chemistry; its success soon produced many imitators”. Poggendorff II/7-8; DSB VIII/618-624; Quérard V/418; Duveen 377-378; Norman Library 1413 (only a copy of the pirated edition); Neville & Smeaton, «Macquer's Dictionnaire de chymie. A bibliographical study» in «Annals of science» 38 (1981), p. 613-662; Honeyman coll. -; cf. Ferguson II/60; cf. Norman Library 1413 (only a copy of the pirated edition); . ‎