Author: Touchard Lafosse G & Roberge, F [editors]
Title: Dictionnaire Chronologique Et Raisonné Des Découvertes, Inventions, Innovations, Perfectionnemens, Observations Nouvelles Et Importations, En France, Dans Les Sciences, La Littérature, Les Arts, L'Agriculture, Le Commerce Et Ll'Industrie De 1789 Á La Fin De 1820 ... Ouvrage Rédigé Par Une Société De Gens De Lettres [ 17 volumes complete ]
Description: Chezs Louis Colas, Rue Dauphin, N°32, Paris, 1822, 1st edition. Half calf over marbled boards, G. 17 volumes, 576pp, 558pp, 564pp, 560pp, 584pp, 558pp, 558pp, 557pp, 579pp, 582pp, 614pp, 614pp, 621pp, 637pp, 668pp, 736+[1]pp, 392pp, spines uniformly scuffed & worn, repair to the spine of volume X, internally paper has yellowed to the margins throughout & with some scattered foxing, the perliminary & terminal pages to each volume particularly badly affected, contents perfectly legible & clear, blind library stamp of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland to each title page & occasionally to a page of the text, a good complete working set. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ Monumental A - Z ( from Abattoirs to Zodiaque ) of a whole range of inventions, innovations, discoveries in the fields of science, manufacturing, arts, industry & commerce, relating to France in the turbulent years of the French Revolution & Restoration. The last volume is the index, giving details of the hundreds of topics covered & those who wrote the entries.

Keywords: science, manufacturing, chemistry, physics, engineering, french history