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Auction archive: Lot number 10

The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemical Analysis and in the Examination of Minerals

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 10

The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemical Analysis and in the Examination of Minerals

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemical Analysis and in the Examination of Minerals Author: Berzelius, J[öns] J[acob] Place: London Publisher: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy Date: 1822 Description: xxxix [1] 343 pp [1]. Translated from the French of M. Fresnel by J.G. Children. With three engraved plates and one modern facsimile plate. (8vo) 21.7x13.3 cm (8¾x5¼") modern light brown full calf lettered in gilt on black morocco label, ornamented and ruled. Significant work on the use of the blowpipe by a leading German chemist and mineralogist. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine modern binding; first few pages browning around edges (smoke?), occasional toning and stains to pages, some foxing to original plates; the fourth plate is a later facsimile tipped in to page 119. Item number: 295913

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
9 Aug 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Use of the Blowpipe in Chemical Analysis and in the Examination of Minerals Author: Berzelius, J[öns] J[acob] Place: London Publisher: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy Date: 1822 Description: xxxix [1] 343 pp [1]. Translated from the French of M. Fresnel by J.G. Children. With three engraved plates and one modern facsimile plate. (8vo) 21.7x13.3 cm (8¾x5¼") modern light brown full calf lettered in gilt on black morocco label, ornamented and ruled. Significant work on the use of the blowpipe by a leading German chemist and mineralogist. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine modern binding; first few pages browning around edges (smoke?), occasional toning and stains to pages, some foxing to original plates; the fourth plate is a later facsimile tipped in to page 119. Item number: 295913

Auction archive: Lot number 10
Auction:
Datum:
9 Aug 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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