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Dictionnaire de Chymie, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cette Science, son Application á la Physique, à l'Histoire naturelle, à la Médiciné, & aux Arts dépendans de la Chymie. Seconde Edition, revue & considérablement augmentée. 4 vols.
Paris, Fr. Didot, 1778. 8vo. In four nice uniform contemporary sprinckled full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Hinges with wear, otherwise a fine set. XXXVII, (3), 568 pp. (4), 208, 207-302,305-655, (1) pp. (4),520, (1) [errata] pp." (4),333, (1), 335-336, (1), 336-776 pp. Complete with half titles in volume I-III, not called for in volume IV.
The genuine second edition - but fifth appearance - of Macquer's landmark work ""which may be regarded as the first scientific work of its class."" (Ferguson I:p.60). ""Although designiated as the second edition on each title page, this is the fifth appearance of the Dictionnaire in the French language. It is the genuine second edition as written by Marcquer, whose name now appears on the title and whose reputation had by this greatly increased. An important addition is the 168-page article on gas, a topic that was almost entirely new and had not been mentioned in the first edition. While the number of articles remains almost the same, the work, is nearly twice as long owing to the inclusion of an up-to date account of chemistry and much new material."" (Neville, vol. 2, p. 113).""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"". (Duveen).
Dictionnaire de Chymie, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cette Science, son Application á la Physique, à l'Histoire naturelle, à la Médiciné, & aux Arts dépendans de la Chymie. Nouvelle édition revue & corregée sur les précédentes. 5 vols (all).
A Neuchatel, De l'Imprimerie de la Societé Typographique, 1789. Bound in 5 cont. hcalf with gilt backs. Backs slightly rubbed. Paperlabels pasted on lower part of back. Internally in general clean and on good paper. Small rubber stamp on titles.
Macquer's researches are numerous, varied, and original. Though he worked just before the oxygen period he seems to have been conscious of the defects of the phlogistic hypothesis, and some of his work has a bearing upon the later development. His chief book was the Dictionary, which may be regarded as the first scientific work of its class. (Ferguson I:p.60).
Chemisches Wörterbuch, oder allgemeine Begrifft der Chymie nach alphabetischer Ordnung. Zweyte verbesserte und vermehrte Ausgabe. 6 vols [out of 7, missing vol. 5.]. - [""FIRST MODERN DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY""]
Leipzig, Weidmanns, 1788-1791. 8vo. In 6 contemporary blue card board bindings with paper title-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper on all volumes. Small stamp to front free end-paper end title-page. Otherwise fine. Vol 1: LXII, 806, (2 blanks) pp + frontiespiece" Vol 2: (2), 853, (1) pp. Vol 3: (2), 788 pp. Vol 4: (2), 754 pp. Vol 6: (2), 813, (1) pp." Vol 7: (2), 1030,
Third (second Leonhardi) German edition of this landmark work ""which may be regarded as the first scientific work of its class."" (Ferguson I:p.60) and is considered the ""first modern dictionary of chemistry"".""The second edition of the German translation of the second French edition of the Dictionnaire (Paris, 1778), revised by J. G. Leonhardi (1746-1823). Beginning his translation in 1780 while teaching medicine at Leipzig, he completed the work in 1783 after being appointed professor at Wittenberg . Leonhardi was a former pupil of Pörner, the title of whose translation he incorporated into his first edition (Leipzig, 1781-83"" 6 vols., 8vo). To the present edition Leonhardi added numerous notes of his own, plus some from Pörner's German and Keir's English translation and material from the Italian editions of Scopoli and Vairo."" (Neville vol. 2, P. 118).
