Chemistry.- Accum (Fredrick) Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, pastedown with bookplate of Roland Winder and small sticker to foot, ?author's calling card "Hic Jacet, Fredrick Accum, Operative Chemist, Old Compton Street, Soho" with illustration of skull loosely inserted, occasional spotting, mainly to second part, some light browning, bound in mottled half calf by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments and with double morocco labels, few small scuff marks to spine, rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g, [Toole Stott 1], for Thomas Boys, 1817; and another copy of the same, the second part incomplete but with an additional Appendix printed from the fourth edition bound in, 8vo (2)
⁂ The first edition rare at auction. The second part consists of "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Apparatus & Instruments...Manufactured and Sold by Fredrick Accum" (title on p.191 verso), with prices and descriptions of each piece.
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