A new method of chemistry; including the theory and practice of that art: laid down on mechanical principles, and accommodated to the uses of life. The whole making a clear and rational system of chemical philosophy. To which is prefix'd A critical history of chemistry and chemists, from the origin of the art to the present time. Written by the very learned H. Boerhaave, Professor of Chemistry, Botany, and Medicine in the University of Leyden, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the printed edition, collated with the best manuscript copies. By P. Shaw, M.D. and E. Chambers, gent. With additional notes and sculptures. And a copious index to the whole.
Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3215622
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,383,[1];160,161-188,161-335,[45]p., plates : ill. ; 4to. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] J6 ; [in ink at rear] M6. This copy includes index. Bookseller's manuscript (C18th) note on pastedown: Part 3° from page 161 to 188 twice numbered. Ink manuscript price on fly-leaf: 10-. Manuscript page references in pencil and in ink on front and rear endpapers. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: eighteenth-century panelled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; board edges gilt; spine label lettered: Boerhaaves Chemistry. (Spine damaged, cracking.)
Makers and roles
Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) Peter Shaw (1694-1763) Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)