‎De L'emploi Du Chalumeau Dans Les Analyses Chimiques et Les Déterminations Minéralogiques‎

‎Paris Méquignon-Marvis 1821 In-8 VI + 4 planches, originale de la traduction du Suédois de F. Fresnel‎

‎ Correct Demi Basane ‎

‎Recherches sur un nouveau corps minéral trouvé dans le soufre fabrique à Fahlun (+) Suite Des Recherches sur un nouveau corps mineral trouvé dans le soufre fabrique à Fahlun (+) Suite Des Recherches...(3 papers). - [THE DISCOVERY OF SELENIUM]‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1818). Without wrappers as extracted from ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Par Guay-Lussac et Arago"", Tome 9, pp. 160-80, pp. 225--267 and pp. 337-365.‎

‎First printing of these 3 papers which represents Berzelius's discovery of Selenium. Berzelius ""became a partner together with his friends Gahn and Palmstedt in the ownership of a factory near Gripsholm castle, manufacturing sulforic acid, vinegar, soap and white lead.During the summer of 1817 Berzelius spent an entire month supervising the manufacture. This lead to the discovery of a new elemen, Selenium, which he found in the form of a golden-brown sediment in the mud from the bottom of the lead chamber. This was an era when new elements could still be ""scrabed of the walls....what had previously been known as ""Swedish tellurium ore"" was now found to be selenide of copper and silver with a 26 per cent selenium content."" (Jorpes in ""Jac. Berzelius. His Life and Works.p. 61-62)..‎

‎Reseanteckningar. Utgifna af Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien genom H.G. Söderbaum.‎

‎Stockholm, Nordstedt & Söner, (1903). Smukt samtidigt hldrbd. med rig rygforgyldning, skindtitler på ryg og pergamentshgørner. (Indbundet af G. Hedberg, Stockholm). XII,(2),430,(1) pp. Farvelitografi som frontispiece., tekstillustrationer og plancher. Helt frisk eksemplar.‎

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‎Sur la Maniere d'analyser les mines de nickel, et sur une nouvelle combinaison du nickel avec l'arsenic et le soufre.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1818). Without wrappers as extracted from ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, par Gay-Lussac et Arago"", Tome 9, pp. 113-151(misnumbered as 213-251).‎

‎First printing, the periodical issue.‎

‎Årsberättelser om Vetenskapernas Framsteg, afgivne af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Academiens Embetsmän D. 31. Mars 1823.‎

‎Stockholm, J.P. Lindhs Enka, 1823. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning samt forgyldte titel-og tomefelter. (2),492,(1) pp.‎

‎Om Blåsrörets Användande i Kemien och Mineralogien.‎

‎Stockholm, Henr. A. Nordström, 1820. Recent hcloth. (10),302,(2) pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Very few brownspots.‎

‎First edition of Berzelius' important work on the Blowpipe, through which it became the most importent instrument of the chemist. The following years it was translated into German, English, French and Russian.‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Aus der schwedischen handschrift des Verfassers übers. von F. Woehler. Dritte (u. Vierte) Umgearb. Original-Auflage (Binde 1-7:3 Aufl., 8-10:4 AUfl.). 10 Bde.‎

‎Lpz., 1833-41. 10,cont.hcalf. Backs rubbed,and back loose on 4 vols. With 12 fold.engr.plts.,showing chemical apparatus.‎

‎Traité de Chimie. Traduit par A. Jourdan, sur des Manuscrites inédits de L'Auteur et sur la derniere Édition Allemande. Tome 1-3 and 5-8 (of 8).‎

‎Paris, Didot Freres, 1829-33. 8vo. Bound in 7 cont. hcalf. Richly gilt backs. Light rubbing to backs. Occasionnaly light browning. With 14 folded engraved plates.‎

‎First French edition.‎

‎Des Recherches sur la Composition des prussiates ou des hydro-cyanates ferrugineux. III-VII.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1820). Without wrappers as issued in ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", tome XV, pp. 225-264. A small tear to one leaf.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt von F. Wöhler. 4 Bde. (8 Abtheilungen). ‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1825-31. Uncut in 8 orig. blue boards. Printed on good paper. A wormtrack on cover of volume IV:2, only effecting cover and halftitle. With all 13 folded engraved plates, showing chemical apparatus. Titles with rubber-stamps.‎

‎This German translation of Berzelius main work contains many additions by the author not found in the swedish original. ""Berzelius's work on the science of Chemistry in general is universally known. He mastered the whole of Chemistry as no one else has ever done since his time, and he created something new in all the spheres in which he worked.""‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers Schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt von F. Wöhler. 1. Band, Erste Abth.‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1825. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Back slightly rubbed. Stamp on title. XVIII,442 pp. and 3 folded engraved plates. Internally fine and clean, printed on goos paper.‎

‎First German edition. The first part of Berzelius' famous ""Lehrbuch"".‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Nach des Verfassers schwedischer Bearbeitung der Blöde-Palmstedt'schen Auflage übersetzt. 2. Bd., erste-zweite Abth. (in 2 Bde).‎

‎Dresden, Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1826. 2 cont. hcalf. Gilt backs. Backs slightly rubbed. Stamp on titles. VI,XIII,995,(4) pp. Internally fine and clean, printed on good paper.‎

‎First German edition of the second volume (in 2 parts) of Berzelius' famous ""Lehrbuch"".‎

‎(Von der Anwendung des Löthrohrs in der Chemie und Mineralogie. 2. Auflage.).‎

‎(Nürnberg, Schrag, 1828). Cont. marbled boards. Gilt back. Gilt titlelabel. Lightly rubbed. XVI,282 pp. and 4 folded engraved plates. Titlepage lacks and with a hole in pp. 1-2 loosing some words on p.2. A few leaves with marginal browning, otherwise clean and printed on good paper.‎

‎Second German edition, the first published 1821 translated from the Swedish original from 1820. The classic work on the blowpipe and its history.‎

‎Versuch, ein rein-wissenschaftliches System der Mineralogie auf die electro-chemische Theorie und die chemische Proportionslehre zu gründen.‎

‎Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1814. 8vo. Bound in a bit later half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik"", Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, 1814. Entire volume offered. Library stamps to verso of title page. Fine and clean. Pp. 105-134. [Entire volume: 478 pp + 3 plates].‎

‎First German (abbreviated) translation/review of Berzelius landmark work published the same year as the original: the first system based on chemical formulae. The first complete German translation was not published untill 1815. The system was based, not on the crystallographic appearance of the minerals, but on knowledge of their chemical composition. Hausmann review [the present] was highly critical of the Berzelius work. This provoked Berzelius to publish the ""Försök till ett rent kemiskt Mineralsystem"" in 1815. ""With the addition of this supplemenentary monograph Berzelius' mineralogy no longer looked like an ""attempt"" but a fully developed mineralogy"". (Curtis Schuh).He was honoured in London by the Royal Society in 1836 for his new system by awarding him the Copley Medal in gold.""In accord with the interest that Swedish chemists had long shown in mineralogical studies, Berzelius had from time to time analyzed minerals that came into his hands. As was noted above, the discovery of cerium was the result of such an analysis. However, when he began his systematic studies to establish the law of constant proportions, he worked largely with simple salts. In 1812 he received a gift of a large number of minerals which he later decided to classify. The methods of mineral classification existing at that time were based on appearance and physical properties. These seemed highly unsystematic to Berzelius. He concluded from his analytical experience that a logical classification could be based only on chemical composition. In his original system, first published in 1814, he arranged the minerals in terms of their basic constituents, although he later revised this and placed chief emphasis on the acid component. Like many of Berzelius' innovations, his system of mineral classification was at first received with some hostility, but this was gradually overcome. During his visit to Paris in 1818 he won the approval of Haüy, the leading mineralogist of the day whose own system was based on physical properties.""(DSB).‎

‎Rapport Annuel sur les Progrès des Sciences Physiques et Chimiques. Présenté... a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Stockholm. Traduit du Suédois, sous les Yeux de l'Autheur. Par (Philippe) Plantamour. 1.-7. Année.‎

‎Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1841-47. Bound in 5 uniform contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines and with gilt lettering. printed on good paper. Clean and fine.‎

‎First French edition (all published) of Berzelius's ""Arsberättelser...."" - Partington IV, p. 146.‎

‎Quelques Idées sur une nouvelle Force agissant dans les Combinaisons des Corps Organiques.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1836. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", 2e Series, tome 61, Cahier 2. Pp. 113-224. (entire issue offered). Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. With titlepage to Tome 61.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis', and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his ""Årsberättelse"" (Annual Survey) in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV, pp. 263-64""This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature, bringing into being chemical activity, and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought, the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter, but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force, and to give it a name.""(Berzelius).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1836 C.The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry, Auguste Laurent ""Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons"", pp. 113-125 and ""Théorie des Combinaisons Organiques"", pp. 125-151.Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century.‎

‎Quelques Idées sur une nouvelle Force agissant dans les Combinaisons des Corps Organiques.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1836. Berzelius's paper: pp. 146-151. Some browning to the first and last leaves. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the history of chemistry in which Berzelius advanced the concept of 'Catalysis', and described inorganic reactions by way of metals and the biological reactions by enzymes. The paper on Catalysis was first published in his ""Årsberättelse"" (Annual Survey) in 1835. - Axel Holmberg 1836:14. - Partington IV, pp. 263-64""This is a new force in inorganic and organic nature, bringing into being chemical activity, and more widely distributed than has hitherto been thought, the naure of which is completely concealed. If I all it a new force it is not my meaning that it is independent of the electrochemical relations of matter, but on the contrary I can only assume that it is a special kind of manifestation of these. So long as its nature and relations are unknown it will be convenient to considerit a new force, and to give it a name.""(Berzelius).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1836 C.The issue contains furthermore two importent papers by the founder of modern organic cemeistry, Auguste Laurent ""Sur l'Acide Naphtalique et ses Combinaisons"", pp. 113-125 and ""Théorie des Combinaisons Organiques"", pp. 125-151. And Avogadr: ""Nouvelles recherches sur le Pouvoir Neutralisant de quelques Corps Simples. (Extrait). Pp. 419-432.Laurent: A founder of modern organic chemistry, Laurent was one of the most important chemists of the nineteenth century.‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1826). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31, Cahier 1. Halftitle to vol. 31.Pp.5-112 a. 1 folded engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Berzeliu's paper: pp. 5-36.‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818.""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findins called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29.‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies. - [ATOMIC WEIGHT OF ELEMENTS]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1826. 8vo. In later full buckram with gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31. Entire volume offered. Stamp to verso of half title. Light occassional brownspotting. [Berzelius' paper:] Pp.5-37. [The entire issue:] 448 pp. + 3 plates. ‎

‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818. ""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findings called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29. The present volume also contain the following important papers: Sur les Minéraux cristallisés qui se trouvent dans les aerolithes (Gustave Rose) Mémoire sur les Combinaisons du Phosphore, et particulièrement sur celles de ce corps avec l'hydrogène (Dumas) Seconde Lettre sur les Cavernes à ossemens de Lunel-Vieil, de Saint-Antoine et de Saint-Julien, près de Montpellier (Hérault) adressés à M. Gay-Lussac par M. Marcel de Serres " Nouveau Catalogue des cgutes de pierres ou de fer de poussières ou de substances molles, sèches ou humides, suivant l'ordre chronologique (E. F. F. Chladni) Note sur la Communication des mouvements vibratoires (Félix Savart) Recherches sur les Effets électriques de contact produits dans les changemens de temp ‎

‎Des Changemens dans la système de Minéralogie chimique, qui doivent nécessairement résulter de la proprieté qur possèdent les corps isomorphes, de se remplacer mutuellement en proportions indéfinies. - [ATOMIC WEIGHT OF ELEMENTS]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1826. 8vo. In a bit later half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 31. Entire volume offered. No institutional stamps. [Berzelius' paper:] Pp.5-37. [The entire issue:] 448 pp. + 3 plates. ‎

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‎First appearance of a milestone paper in chemistry. In this paper Berzelius drew up the table of atomic weights of the elements, which, with only a few exceptions are similar to those used today. He symbolizes the elements by the first or two letters of the Latin name of the element, and he symbolizes compounds by stting the element symbols together together with the number of atoms involved when grater that one. This is the importent revison of his system announced in 1818. ""In 1819 Mitscherlich showed that similarity in chemical structure is accompanied by identity of crystalline form (Mitscherlich's law of isomorphism). berzelius realized at once that Mitscherlich's findings called for importent changes in his own system. he accordingly published a new table of atomic weights in 1826 (the paper offered).""(Taton ""Science in the 19th Century"", p. 279). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, nr. 29. The present volume also contain the following important papers: Sur les Minéraux cristallisés qui se trouvent dans les aerolithes (Gustave Rose)Mémoire sur les Combinaisons du Phosphore, et particulièrement sur celles de ce corps avec l'hydrogène (Dumas)Seconde Lettre sur les Cavernes à ossemens de Lunel-Vieil, de Saint-Antoine et de Saint-Julien, près de Montpellier (Hérault)adressés à M. Gay-Lussac par M. Marcel de Serres " Nouveau Catalogue des cgutes de pierres ou de fer de poussières ou de substances molles, sèches ou humides, suivant l'ordre chronologique (E. F. F. Chladni) Note sur la Communication des mouvements vibratoires (Félix Savart)Recherches sur les Effets électriques de contact produits dans les changemens de temp‎

‎Versuch einer lateinischen Nomenclatur für die Chemie, nach electrisch-chemischen Ansichten. (Im Auszuge, frei bearbeitet, und mit Vorschlägen für die deutsche Nomenclatur begleitet, von Gilbert).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1812. Without wrappers. In: ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 12 (= Bd. 42 der Reihe), Neuntes Stück. Titlepage to vol. 12. Pp. 1-116 a. 1 engraved plate. (The entire issue offered). Berzelius' paper: pp. 37-89.‎

‎First German edition of this classic paper in chemistry in which Berzelius presented his system of nomenclature to the scientific world. The paper was first preseted in French ""Essay sur la nomenclature chimique"" in Journal de Physique the year before (1811).""Of his contributions, moreover, to the development of the atomic theory and the advancement of chemical science, not the least valuable was the introduction of a chemical symbolism which, with slight modifivcations, is in use at the present day. By giving his symbols a quantitative meaning - the symbol of an element representing one atomic proportion by weight - it was possible ""to show briefly and clearly the number of elementary atoms in each compound and, after the determination of their relative weights, present the results of each analysis in a si8mple and easely retained manner."". This symbolism was speedily adopted on the Continent but, en England, only after some considerable time.""(Findley ""A Hundred Year of Chemistry"", p. 14). - Holmberg, Bibliografi öfver Berzelius, 1812:7).‎

‎"Elémens de minéralogie appliquée aux sciences chimiques ouvrage basé sur la méthode de M. Berzélius contenant l'Histoire naturelle et métallurgique des substances minérales, leurs applications à la pharmacie, à la médecine et à l'économie domestique; 2 tomes en 1 seul volume)."‎

‎Paris, Thomine, 1837. 13 x 20, xxviii-522 + 490., 7 planches en couleurs, demi-relire dos/cuir, état moyen (rousseurs, 1 étiquette papier sur le 1er plat, cachets de la bibliothèque du collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons)‎

‎"Deux tomes reliés en un seul volume; un précis élémentaire de géognosie par J. GIRARDIN et H. LECOQ est annoncé sur la page de titre mais ne figure pas dans ce volume."‎

‎Briefwechsel zwischen J. Berzelius und F. Wöhler. Im Auftrage der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mit einem Kommentar von J. von Braun. Herausgegeben von O. Wallach. 2 Bde.‎

‎Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1901. Lex8vo. 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt with gilt lettering. 2 engraved portraits as frontispieces (Berzelius a. Wöhler). XXII,718(2),744 pp. Textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.‎

‎Lehrbuch der Chemie. Aus der schwedischen Handschrift des Verfassers übersetzt von F. Woehler.‎

‎4. verbesserte Orig.-Aufl. (Band 3 in 3. Aufl. von 1834). 10 Bände. Dresden u. Leipzig, Arnold, 1835–1841. 8°. Mit 12 gef. Kupfertafeln und einigen Textillustr. Pappbände aus der Zeit mit roten Rückenschildchen (3. Band Halbleinenband nicht uniform).‎

‎Vgl. Duveen S. 75 u. Hirsch-H. I, 510 (für die Originalausgabe u. die erste deutsche Ausgabe von 1833–1841). Selten so komplett. Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848), schwedischer Chemiker, leistete einen bahnbrechenden Beitrag für die moderne Chemie. Er bezeichnete die chemischen Elemente erstmals mit Buchstaben und entdeckte Selen, Cer und Thorium. – Ausgeschiedenes Bibliotheksexemplar mit entsprechenden Stempeln und handschr. Rückennummerierungen. Alte handschr. Besitzereinträge auf den Vorsätzen. Papier durchgehend unterschiedlich stark stockfleckig und gebräunt. Einbände berieben.‎

‎Essais sur les proportions déterminées dans lesquelles se trouvent réunis les élémens de la nature inorganiques. (+) Suite des experiences sur les proportions déterminées, d'après lesquelles les élémens de la nature inorganique s'unissent... (In all...‎

‎Paris, Chez J. Klostermann fils, 1811-12. Bound in 6 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines, slightly rubbed. Wear to top of spines. In: ""Annales de Chimie, ou Recueil de Mémoires concernant la Chemie"" Tome 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 and 83. (Entire volumes offered). The 14 parts: (Tome 78:) pp. 5-37, 105-132, 217-242. - (Tome 79:) pp. 113-142, 233-264. - (Tome 80:) pp. 5-37, 225-258. - (Tome 81:) pp. 5-36, 278-303. - (Tome 82:) pp. 5-33, 113-125, 225-72. (Tome 83:) pp. 5-35 a. pp. 117-127. With in all 3 engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎The papers represents one of the first announcements of Berzelius' discovery of the fixed chemical proportions, determining the weights and valencies of the various constituent elements in inorganic compounds. The papers were published at the same time in Swedish, German (both here in Annalen and in Schweiger's Journal), and in French. By running many hundreds of analysis of chemical compounds he gave so many examples of the law of definite proportions that the world of chemistry could no longer doubt its validity, and in so doing he gave experimental evidence to the atomic theory. He hereby laid a solid fundation for the further development of chemistry. A reprint is found in Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, No. 35.According to Söderbaum (Jac. Berzelius, 2, p.12) ""It was a giant work, one of the most importent in the history of chemistry, which was here presented. One is even more impressed when one remembers that it was a pioneer undertaking in every sense of the term. Analytic and synthetic methods existed before Berzelius' time, to be sure, but there were no precise methods of the sort which he required. They all had to be elaborated at the cost of time and labour.""(J. Erik Jorpes ""Jac. Berzelius"", p.45).""In general Berzelius's efforts were directed toward the consolidation and extension of the atomic theory. He improved chemical analysis and determined the composition of a large number of compounds, thus verifying the laws of constant and multiple proportions and furnishing the most accurate equivalent weights then available. By ingenious methods he arrived at the correct atomic composition of most common substances, and thus was enabled to draw up (in 1826) a table of atomic weights very nearly identical with the modern one.""(Leicester & Klicktein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 258).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1810-20 C.‎