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Nabu Press, 2011-08-16. Paperback. Good.
Elémes de Chimie Médicale. Two volumes by ORFILA, Mathieu Joseph - 1817
by ORFILA, Mathieu Joseph
Elémes de Chimie Médicale. Two volumes
by ORFILA, Mathieu Joseph
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Paris: chez Crochard, 1817. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (193 x 121 mm). xxviii, 610 pp. and 12 engraved plates; xvi, 575 [1] pp. and 2 engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf, spines decorated in gilt and with gilt-lettered labels (boards rubbed, corners bumped, worming to boards and spine), marbled endpapers. Little age-toned internally, very minor occasional spotting. Fine set. ---- Duveen, p.440; Bolton I, 707. - FIRST EDITION of Orfila's textbook of medical chemistry which went through eight French editions and was translated into several languages. Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787-1853) was a Minorcan-born French toxicologist and chemist, and the founder of the science of toxicology. He was appoined Professor of Forensic Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris in 1819.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (DE)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher chez Crochard
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1817
- Keywords Medicine, chemistry, toxicology Chemistry Medicine