MAC BRIDE (David). - Lot 220

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MAC BRIDE (David). - Lot 220
MAC BRIDE (David). Experimental trials. I. On the Fermentation of Elementary Mixtures. II. On the Nature and Properties of Fixed Air. III. On the respective virtues of different species of antiseptics. IV. On Scurvy, with a means of trying new methods of preserving it and curing it on the Sea. V. On the dissolving virtue of quicklime. Translated from the English by Mr. David MacBride; Surgeon of Dublin. By Mr. Abadie, Surgeon of SAS, Mgr. the Duke of Penthièvre. Paris, Cavelier, 1766. In-12 de XXXII, 417 pp., 4 pl. and 6 pictures, contemporary marbled basane binding, spine decorated, red edges. Four plates engraved out of text and six folding pictures. Published in English in 1764. "This is an important book from the point of view of chemical ideas previous to Lavoisier (Duveen). Small cracks with missing bits.
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