Author: Fredrick Accum
Title: Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry,
Description: Thomas Boys, London, 1817. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 19cm x 11.5cm. [ii], xxvi, 191, [1], 60 pages. Signed Zaehnsdorf half leather, marbled papered boards, marbled endpapers. Which are Easily Performed, and Unattended by Danger. 103 chemistry experiments with magical application for the conjuring chemist. The rare first edition with the 60 page, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Apparatus & Instruments Employed in Experimental and Operative Chemistry, in Analytical Mineralogy, and in the Pursuits of the Recent Discoveries of Voltaic Electricity, Manufactured and Sold by the author, at the rear, the separate title on the verso of pp. 191. Friedrich Accum (1769-1838) was a German chemist who lived in London from 1793 to 1821. He played a key role in the establishment of gas lighting in London and wrote a number of popular chemistry works, most notably campaigning against the unscrupulous use of chemical additives in food in his 1820 A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons. HALL 1, TOOLE STOTT 1. This copy in a Zaehnsdorf half leather binding with the author's calling card laid in and the bookplates of magicians Roland Winder and Ricky Jay. Joints rubbed, papered boards a little shelf worn. Interior clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare; Stage Magic & Mentalism; Fine Bindings. Inventory No: 0035957.
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Title: Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry,
Description: Thomas Boys, London, 1817. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 19cm x 11.5cm. [ii], xxvi, 191, [1], 60 pages. Signed Zaehnsdorf half leather, marbled papered boards, marbled endpapers. Which are Easily Performed, and Unattended by Danger. 103 chemistry experiments with magical application for the conjuring chemist. The rare first edition with the 60 page, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Apparatus & Instruments Employed in Experimental and Operative Chemistry, in Analytical Mineralogy, and in the Pursuits of the Recent Discoveries of Voltaic Electricity, Manufactured and Sold by the author, at the rear, the separate title on the verso of pp. 191. Friedrich Accum (1769-1838) was a German chemist who lived in London from 1793 to 1821. He played a key role in the establishment of gas lighting in London and wrote a number of popular chemistry works, most notably campaigning against the unscrupulous use of chemical additives in food in his 1820 A Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons. HALL 1, TOOLE STOTT 1. This copy in a Zaehnsdorf half leather binding with the author's calling card laid in and the bookplates of magicians Roland Winder and Ricky Jay. Joints rubbed, papered boards a little shelf worn. Interior clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare; Stage Magic & Mentalism; Fine Bindings. Inventory No: 0035957.
Keywords: BZDB407 Science & Technology; Antiquarian & Rare; Stage Magic & Mentalism; Fine Bindings. Unbranded Fredrick Accum Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry, Antiquarian & Rare Stage Magic & Mentalism Fin
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