Elements of natural history and chemistry
By: by M. Fourcroy ... ; translated from the last Paris edition, 1789, being the third, in 5 vols 8vo ; with an alphabetical comparative view of the ancient and modern names of chemical substances, with all the tables, and a complete index ; to which is prefixed by the translator, a preface, containing strictures on the history and present state of chemistry ; with observations on the positions, facts, and arguments, urged for and against the antiphlogistic theory, and the new nomenclature, by Messrs. Lavoisier, Priestly, Kirwan, Keir, Sage, &c. ; in three volumes
Contributors: Nicholson, William, 1753-1815; Heron, Robert, 1764-1807
Publisher: Printed for C. Elliot and T. Kay ..., and C. Elliot, Edinburgh
Published: 1790
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Chemistry; Natural History; Early works to 1800; Natural history; Chimie; Ouvrages avant 1800; Sciences naturelles; Ouvrages prélinnéens
Work titles: Leçons élémentaires d'histoire naturelle et de chimie
Notes: Translated by William Nicholson (Cf. ESTC) or R. Heron (Cf. Smeaton).

Originally published in 1782 as 'Leçons élémentaires d'histoire naturelle et de chimie'; later French editions were published as 'Elémens d'histoire naturelle et de chimie'.

v. 1: xliii, [1], 526 p. ; v. 2: [2], 669, [1] p. ; v. 3: [2], 467, [1], 106 p., [10] folded leaves of plates.

Typeset tables.

Bolton, H.C.  Select bib. of chemistry, p. 447

English short title catalogue, T140570

Smeaton, W.A.  Fourcroy, 12