Lectures on the elements of chemistry delivered in the University of Edinburgh Volume 1 1807 [Hardcover] by Joseph Black - 2016

Printed for Mathew Carey, 1806. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1806. First American Edition. 453 pages. Full bound brown leather with gilt spine lettering. Full title: Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry Delivered in the University of Edinburgh Vol. III. Unpaginated index to rear. 'Published from his manuscripts by John Robison'. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed binding; front free endpaper loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Foxing heavier at start and end. Tears to gutter to front free endpaper with pen inscription. Minor dog-eared corners. All pages notably warped with occasional mild stains. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Very slight surface insect damage to rear board and joint. Boards are notably warped. Gilt is bright.

Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, 1806-01-01. 1st American. Hardcover. Good. [An important early work on Chemistry] 3 volume set. Bound in contemporary leather. Shelf worn. Rebacked with new spine labels. Vol. 1: 8, [iii]-iv, lix, [1], 394 p., [1], 3 folding plates; v. 2: 436 p.; v. 3: 453, [15] p. Refs: Rink 656; Shaw and Shoemaker 12157; Cole 159. Reprint of the Edinburgh 1803 edition. Black was a Scottish scientist best known for the discovery of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. "A founder of modern quantitative chemistry and discoverer of latent and specific heats " - DSB.

Engraved frontis. port. of Black & 3 engraved plates. lxvi [i.e., lxxvi], 556 pp.; 1 p.l., 762, [4] pp. Two vols. Large 4to, marbled boards (minor foxing at beginning & end of each vol.), attractive modern red calf spines & corners, flat spines gilt. Edinburgh: Mundell & Son, 1803. First edition and a very handsome set. These two monumental volumes are the only substantial account of the work of the founder of modern quantitative chemistry and discoverer of latent and specific heats. Black (1728-99), began to lecture upon his appointment as professor of medicine and chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 1766. "His career thenceforward was exclusively that of a teacher...His success was conspicuous. During above thirty years he inculcated the elements of chemistry upon enthusiastic and continually growing audiences...His lectures thus had a powerful effect in popularizing chemistry."-D.N.B., II, pp. 572-73. Black's lectures were not printed during his… Read More