Chemical Essays. [5 volumes, complete 1789-1791]
London: T. Evans, 1789-1791. 4th (& 5th) eds., 12mo, 5 volumes (complete), pp.x, 349; (iv), 368; (vi), 376; (ii), 354 + Index (1791 ed]; (ii), 375, folding chart to first volume, light scattered foxing throughout, bound in half leather, worn, bds rubbed, gilt titled leather spine labels, vellum tips at cnrs, marbled bds., good condn.
The five volumes bound uniformly, the fourth volume being a 5th ed, published in 1791. The author, was Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge, later the Bishop of Llandaff. It is said that Samuel Johnson when travelling by carriage was 'chiefly occupied in reading Dr Watson's second volume of Chemical essays, which he liked very well'. Item #96002
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