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[Chemistry] BAUMÉ, Antoine Chymie expérimentale et raisonnée. Paris, P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 3 vol., 8vo: [6]-clx-[4]-[4]-698-[pp. (some min. spotting, some marg. dampstaining on last quire vol. 1). Contemp. marbled calf (corners sl. rubbed and bumped), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed), red leather labels, red edges, marbled endpapers. Good set. First edition of this work by A. Baumé (1728-and "one of the very latest and at the same time the best textbook based on the Phlogiston theory by one of the most distinguished eighteenth century French chemists" (Duveen). Ill. with an engr. front. portrait, vign. on titles by Moreau le Jeune and fold. pl. showing various instruments and installations. Ref. Conlon 73:- Wellcome II:- Cp. Duveen p. Prov. Bookseller's ticket.