‎WALLERIUS, JOHAN GOTSCH.‎
‎Åkerbrukets chemiska grunder.‎

‎Stockholm, Kongl. tryckeriet, 1778. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities. Leather on spine cracked. Previous owner's names in contemporary hand to title-page. Internally with occassional brownspostting. (16), 339 pp. ‎

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‎Second edition of Wallerius' important work agricultural chemistry. ”Wallerius established as a fundamental, necessary principle that agricultural chemistry should be based on comparative study of the chemical composition not only of plants but also of the earth in which they grow”. (DSB).‎