Lärbok i kemien [A textbook of chemistry]. I-VI. Stockholm, H. A. Nordström, 1817-22, 1818-30. 8:o. (10),726 pp. & 4 folded engraved plates + (10),LXXIX,(1),848,(1) + (4),496,(2) pp. & 6 folded engraved plates + XV,(1),564,(1) s. & 1 folded engraved plate + X,565-1300,1-6,(1) pp. & 1 folded printed table + (4),VI,415,416a-c,417-895,(2) pp. With a woodcut illustration in the text on p. 152. + BERZELIUS, JAC. Tabell, som utvisar vigten af större delen vid den oorganiska kemiens studium märkvärdiga enkla och sammansatta kroppars atomer, jemte deras sammansättning, räknad i procent. Bihang till tredje delen af lärboken i kemien. Stockholm, H. A. Nordström, 1818. 4:o. 99,(1) pp.

BERZELIUS, J. JAC.

Publication Date: 1817

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Seven volumes in contemporary blue glazed boards with sparingly gilt spines, red labels and sprinkled edges. Spines on volume II and V somewhat chipped at heads. Corners bumped, corner edges scratched. Label on the table volume almost wholly worn off. Some dampstaining, slight foxing in places.Holmberg Bibliografi över J. J. Berzelius II:1-2. Lindberg Swedish books 58. Bibliotheca Walleriana 11077 for volumes I-IV. Krok Bibliotheca botanica suecana 2 for volumes IV-V. This copy with volume I-II in the second revised and enlarged edition from 1817-22. The first edition of these two volumes was printed in 1808-12. The work, which became especially popular in German-speaking countries, where a number of editions were published, was the finest chemistry textbook of its time and, according to "Dictionary of scientific biography", "the most authoritative chemical text of its day". It was also translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. The larger quarto volume, which was published as an appendix to volume III, contains Berzelius' table of atomic weights for all elements known at the time. The table also introduces his famous chemical nomenclature, which was based on letters rather than the symbols that had been previously used. Seller Inventory # 46422A

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Title: Lärbok i kemien [A textbook of chemistry]. ...

Publication Date: 1817

Binding: Hardcover

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