‎DAVID ANDRE‎
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‎Journal du Camp de Compiegne de 1739, augmenté des Épreuves des Mines faites en présence du Roi, par MM. de Turmel et Antoniazzi, Capitaines Mineurs, rédigé sur les lieux par Ordre de M. Dangervillers, Ministre de la Guerre: par le Sieur Le Rouge, ing...‎

‎Paris, Le Rouge, Duchesne, 1761. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. (4),128,(4) pp. and 36 double-page engraved plates. Clean and fine.‎

‎Scarce first edition. - Rumpf, 5913. - Klaus Jordan, 2169.‎

‎Voyage de l'Arabie heureuse, par l'Ocean Oriental, & le Détroit de la Mer Rouge: fait par les François pour la premiere fois, dans les années 1708, 1709 & 1710. Avec la relation particuliere d'un voyage fait du Port de Moka à la cour du Roy d'Yeme... - [COFFE TRADE IN YEMEN]‎

‎Amsterdam, Steenhouwer and Uytwerf, 1716. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Small worm tract to upper inner margin occassionally affecting text, otherwise fine. (14), 343, (10) pp. + frontispiece, folded map and 3 plates. ‎

‎First Amsterdam edition published the same year as the second Paris edition (the first being from 1715) of this travel account compiled from various sources. In 1708-10 and 1711-13 La Roque participated on two expeditions to the Arabian peninsula, and afterwards published his Arabian experiences in the present work. In this treatise he gives a highly descriptive and detailed account of coffee plantations and the coffee trade in Yemen. Jean de la Roque (1661 –1745) was a French traveller and journalist born in Marseille. He was the son of Pierre de la Roque, a merchant who famously introduced coffee to Marseille in 1644, and the brother of Antoine de la Roque (1672-1744), a noted journalist with whom he collaborated with on the magazine Mercure de France. Chadenat 6335 Cox I, 222.‎

‎Sur une nouvelle substance métallique contenue dans le plomb rouge de Sibérie, et qu'on propose d'appeler Chrôme, à cause de la propriété qu'il a de colorer les combinaisons ou il entre. Lu à la premiere classe de l'Institut national, le 11 Brumai...‎

‎Paris, Fuchs et Guillaume, An VIe. (1798). Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Very slightly rubbed. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 25. - 335,(3) pp., 2 engraved folded plates and 1 folded table..(the entire volume offered). Vauquelin's papers: pp. 21-32 a. pp. 194-204. Some brownspots to the first and last leaves, otherwise fine and clean.‎

‎First printing of the papers in which Vauquelin describes and announces his discovery of Chromium. The first paper was simultaneously printed in Mem.de l'Institut. Because of its many coloured compounds Fourcroy and Haüy suggested the name 'chromium' for the new metal. (Greek, chroma-colour).In 1797, Vauquelin began his own studies of Siberian red lead. He was convinced that the mineral contained a new element. None of the elements then known could account for his results. He reported ""a new metal, possessing properties entirely unlike those of any other metal."" A year later, Vauquelin was able to isolate a small sample of the metal itself. He heated charcoal (nearly pure carbon ) with a compound of chromium, chromium trioxide (Cr 2 O 3 ). When the reaction was complete, he found tiny metallic needles of chromium metal. DSB XIII, p. 597 - Parkinson ""Breakthrough"" 1798 C.The volume contains other importent papers in the history of chemistry, Guyton ""Examen de quelques propriétés du Platine"" a. ""Examen de quelques critiques de la nomenclature de chimistes francais"", Chaptal ""Observations sur la fabrication de l'acétite de cuivre (verd-de-gris) etc.‎

‎Les Oiseaux du Nord de L'Afrique de la Mer Rouge aux Canaries. Illustré par Paul Barruel.‎

‎Paris, N. Boubée & Cie, 1964. Orig. full cloth. 607 pp., textillustr., map and 24 colourplates.‎

‎LE MOURON ROUGE / Sommaire des titres : Le mouron rouge - le serment - les nouveaux exploits du Mouron rouge - La capture du Mouron rouge - La vengeance de Sir Percy - Les métamorphoses du Mouron rouge - Le triomphe du mouron Rouge...‎

‎PRESSES DE LA CITE. 1989. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 1238 Pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.081-Le roman historique‎

‎Sommaire des titres : Le mouron rouge - le serment - les nouveaux exploits du Mouron rouge - La capture du Mouron rouge - La vengeance de Sir Percy - Les métamorphoses du Mouron rouge - Le triomphe du mouron Rouge - Le Mouron rouge conduit le bal / Préface de J-C. ZYLBERSTEIN Classification Dewey : 843.081-Le roman historique‎