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PARKES, Samuel.

The Chemical Catechism, with notes, illustrations and experiments.

London: Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1819.

9th Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Item #002458

8vo (207 x 135 mm). xxvii [1], 576 pp., 2 engraved plates (one folding). Frontispiece engraved by James Davis and plate preceding p. [1] engraved by Ovendens. Includes bibliographical notes and index. "A list of the works quoted in this treatise" p. [ix]-xxiii. Errata slip inserted following p. viii. Contemporary fine calf by John Pritchard, spine tooled in gilt with black morocco label lettered in gilt, boards blind tooled and panelled in gilt, sprinkled edges,marbled endpapers.Text clean with only little occasional spotting, little foxing to plates. Provenance: Earl Newborough (armorial bookplate with motto "Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re" to front pastedown); The library of Hugh Selbourne (small ink stamp to title verso and p.51). ----

Ninth edition, carefully corrected and adapted to the present state of chemical science.

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