‎VOGEL, HEINRICH AUGUST.‎
‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Als Leitfaden bei seinen Vorlesungen fur die Studirenden an der Universitat und zum Selbstunterricht. 2 vols.‎

‎München, J. G. Cotta'schen, 1830-1832. 8vo. In two uniform contemporary half calf bindings with gilt letterig to spine. Small stamp to both title-pages. LIght wear to extremities and small white paper label pasted on to lower part of vol. 1. Internally with light occassional brownspotting. XX, 544 pp + 4 folded plates VI, 814 pp. 2 folded plates.‎

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‎Rare first edition of Vogel's major work on chemistry. The chemist Heinrich August Vogel, trained in Paris, followed A. F. Gehlen, who died of arsenic poisoning, as head of Bayrische Akademie der Wissenschaften.‎