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2 volumes. 8vo. VII, [1], 461, [1]; [2], 418 pp. Original full diced calf, gilt-tooled border, decorative sine with space for 4 spine labels, but all missing (blind-stamping showing); spine ends showing wear. Bookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S., and manuscript signatures of G.E. Russell[?], May 1964. Good. [91] Second edition, augmented. The first edition was issued in 1823. "The second and final edition in French of Chaptal's last book. Various matters covered in the first edition . . . have been expanded upon, and the text has been updated. The second edition, unknown to Chaptal's biographer and bibliographer, is rarer than the first." â " Neville I, p. 259. / "This is a book that had some impact on agricultural chemistry. It includes many practical procedures such as preserving foods, making cider, beer and wine, making butter and cheese, etc. as well as the chemistry of soils, fertilizers etc." â " Cole. / "In 1802, Chaptal purchased the Château de Chanteloup and its extensive grounds in Touraine, near Amboise. He raised merino sheep and experimented there in his later years on a model farm for the cultivation of sugar beets. He wrote his classic study of the application of scientific principles to the cultivation of land, the Chimie appliquee a l'agriculture (1823) . . ." / "Chaptal made few original contributions to pure chemistry, but he was one of the greatest chemical manufacturers of his age. He was always ready to apply the lessons of the chemistry laboratory to the factory. Chaptal wrote as an industrialist with great practical experience, whose concern with the fundamental understanding of nature was subordinate to his interest in controlling chemical reactions. Chaptal's voice was an important and influential one in advocating the introduction of science into the old craft procedures." â " DSB. CONTENTS: Tome 1 : (1) Vues generales sur l'atmosphere, consideree dans ses rapports avec la vegetation. â " (2) De la nature des terres et de leur action sur la vegetation. â " (3) De la nature et de l'action des engrais. â " (4) De la germination. â " (5) De la nutrition des plantes. â " (6) Des amendements du sol. â " (7) Des assolemens. â " (8) Tableau des produits de l'agriculture française. â " (9) De la nature et des usages des produits de la vegetation. Tome 2 : (10) De la conservation des substances animales et vegetales â " (11) Du lait et de ses produits â " (12) Comparaison entre une nation agricole et une nation industrielle â " (13) De la grande et de la petite propriete â " (14) Encouragemens que le Gouvernement doit accorder a l'agriculture française â " (15) De la fermentation â " (16) De la distillation â " (17) Moyens de preparer des boissons saines a l'usage des habitans de la campagne â " (18) Des habitations rurales pour les hommes et les animaux, et des moyens de les assainir â " (19) Lessive economique â " (20) De la culture du pastel et de l'extraction de son indigo â " (21) De la culture de la betterave et de l'extraction de son suc. PROVENANCE: [1] Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy (1786-1851), Vinegar factory owner, distiller, philanthropist and politician; MP for Hackney. Beaufoy was born in Switzerland. The family's brewery (first gin and then vinegar) was at Cuper's Gardens, Lambeth, United Kingdom. Beaufoy became a Fellow of the Royal Society as a result of his work on gun barrels. [2] "G.E. Russell" signed the book twice, with a date of May 1964. REFERENCES: Cole 250 (note); DSB, III, p. 203; Partington III, p. 558.
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