SCHEELE, Carl Wilhelm. A Chemical Treatise on Air and Fire. Original

SCHEELE, Carl Wilhelm. A Chemical Treatise on Air and Fire. Original French edition. A copy from Lavoisier’s laboratory; at the time, Lavoisier was in direct competition with Scheele over the discovery of oxygen. Paris, Rue et Hôtel Serpente, 1781. In-12, fawn marbled calfskin, smooth spine decorated with small iron tools and gilt fleurons, brown leather title label, blind-stamped fillet framing the covers, gilt fillet along the edges, guilloché cap ends, red edges. XLIV and 46–96 pp. ��

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