LAVOISIER Antoine, KERR Robert (transl.), “Elements of Chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries”, Edinburg, William Creech, 1790.

First edition in English. Translation from the original First edition Antoine Lavoisier’s fundamental work in Chemistry “Traité élémentaire de chimie” published a year earlier (1789) in Paris. It is considered to be the first modern chemical textbook.

8vo, pp. l, [1], 511. COMPLETE including 2 folding tables and 13 numbered folding plates at the end.

Half calf, decorations in gilt. External rubbing along extremities, joints and spine’s edges. Interior, including text and the plates in very fine condition. William Franks bookplate, Westminster College Library, Fulton, Missouri (blindstamp).