6. London, Dawson & Sons, 1954, in-8°, 491 pp, some ills. of title pages, blue publisher's cloth with original dustjacket (some soiling and wear at binding and jacket, but still a clean copy with a fine interior.). First original edition (without a supplement which was published some years later).
Duveen (Denis I.) and Klickstein (Herbert S.), eds. - Antoine Laurent Lavoisier - John F. Fulton, preface
Reference : 101397
(1965)
W.M. Dawson and Sons, Ltd, London - Dawson of Pall Mall, London Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1965 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, under editor's clear blue printed dust-jacket fort et grand In-8 2 vol. - 706 pages
Volume 1. 43 plates (complete) - Volume 2. 7 plates (complete), 50 plates ok 1st edition of the 2 volumes, 1954-1965 Contents, Chapitres : Volume 1 (1954), Preface, Foreword, Contents, List of illustrations, xxiii, Text, 493 pages, 42 plates, 1 portrait of Lavoisier in frontispiece, sum of 4 plates, Lavoisier bookplate on the end-paper - Volume 2 (Supplement, 1965), Foreword, Contents, List of illustrations, xv, Text, 175 pages, 6 plates, one View of Fréchines in frontiespice, sum of 7 plates (706 pages and 50 plates) - Volume 1. Contributions to periodical works - Major separate works - Minor separate works and contributions to separate works - Miscellaneous in other works - Reports by Lavoisier to the Académie on other works - Collected works - Addenda - Name index - Publisher and printer index - Artist and engraver index - Volume 2. Contributions to periodical works - Major separate works - Minor separate works and contributions to separate works - Miscellaneous in other works - Reports by Lavoisier to the Académie on other works - Collected works - Notes and minor text additions to the main part of this bibliography, Corrigenda of the original Bibliography - A selected short-title bibliography of books and papers dealing with Lavoisier's life and work - Index of selected topics - Name index - Publisher and printer index - Artist and engraver index - Denis Duveen is an English expert on Lavoiser and a collector of his works - NB : certainement la bibliographie la plus complète à notre connaissance sur les travaux de Lavoisier near fine set, complete in 2 homogeneous volumes, main text + supplement of this very complete bibliography on Lavoisier's works, dust-jacket are rather fine, with minor wear, the top part of the spine of volume 1 is lightly folded, D.j. very lightly dusty on volume 1 also, it remains clean and complete, inside is fine, no markings, complete of the 50 plates, a rather nice copy