Opuscules Physiques et Chimiques

Paris: Deterville, 1801. Second. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated with 3 folding copper engravings. xxx, [ii], 443, [2] pages. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with mottled calf spine, decorated in gilt; marbled page edges. Paris: Deterville, 1801. Second Edition. Final leaf damaged, else a very good(+) clean copy. "Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, a meticulous experimenter, revolutionized chemistry. He established the law of conservation of mass, determined that combustion and respiration are caused by chemical reactions with what he named "oxygen" and helped systematize chemical nomenclature, among many other accomplishments." -- Science History Institute (Inventory #: 291810)