Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1753.
Un volume in-12 (158x94 mm), viii-431-(1 bl.)-ciii (i.e. 93)-(1 bl.) pages et une planche hors texte. reliure : Plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré portant la pièce de titre, tranches rouges. Coiffe suppérieure et 2 coins finement restaurés.
références: Neville [ II, p. 331 : "The serious study of chemical petrology by French chemists dates from 1753, when d'Arclais de Montamy published his translation of th 'Lithogeognosia' of J.H. Pott. An incomplete so called first issue, by the same publisher appeared earlier in 1753"]; Duveen [p. 483 : " The author was a disciple of G. E. Stahl, and in the present work did much to promote the knowledge of chemical analysis. He was the first to treat of Bismuth and its compounds and discovered silicic acid. An account is giver, in this book, of the investigations carried out by Pott at the request of the King od Prussia, to ascertain the composition of porcelain. According to Thomas Thomson, Pott was beyond question the most learned and laborious chemist of his day, and his historical introductions display the extent of his reading."].
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