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1842264115Braunschweig: Vieweg und Sohn 1842. Fourth edition. xi 351 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter calf and brown marbled boards black spine label. Rubbed. Collector's stamp on flyleaf and first sectional title some toning. Very good. Fourth edition. xi 351 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early edition of the pioneering work in organic chemistry and nutrition by Justus Liebig 1803-1873 the greatest chemist of his time. PMM 310a for first edition 1840 Vieweg und Sohn unknown books
181061372Edinburgh: Printed for W. Blackwood 1810. First edition. xii 1-496 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three-quarter calf marbled boards leather spine label. Extremities rubbed joints tender light foxing. Title page bears contemporary signature of John Steele. First edition. xii 1-496 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Possibly owned by John Steele mechanical innovator who in 1817 started the first power loom in New Hampshire. Steele a Democrat in politics was elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1844 and 1845. Printed for W. Blackwood unknown books
1806231455New York: Brisban & Brannan 1806. First edition with half-title. Illustrated with 2 full page engavings of chemical apparatus. 469 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf red leather spine label. Extremities slightly rubbed else Fine. Contemporary bookplate of Robert Cook "The wicked borroweth and returneth not again. First edition with half-title. Illustrated with 2 full page engavings of chemical apparatus. 469 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The book is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson who was a fellow student of Ewell's brother at William and Mary College. Ewell studied with Bejamin Rush and produced this first American chemistry text for the nonscientist. Brisban & Brannan unknown books
18333474London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Greene & Longman 1833. First edition. Near Fine. Publisher's cloth binding retaining the delicate paper label to front board. Some bumping to corners and faint spotting to boards but a pleasing square copy in all. Internally a clean with just a bit of scattered foxing to endpapers and preliminaries. Scarce on the market this book documents Marcet's efforts to expand knowledge access to the working classes in order to make political self-advocacy possible. Presented by Marcet to Professor Pierre Prevost the philosopher and physicist best known for his experiment on the body's radiation of heat this copy bears his ownership signature on the front endpaper and an inscription from Marcet at the header of the title: "Prof. Prevost from the Author." <br/><br/>A peer of such feminist thinkers as Maria Edgeworth Marcet is considered one of the most important figures in the history of women's education in science and economics. Her "Conversations" books which include texts on politics economics and science were ranked among the best-known educational texts of the nineteenth century. In addition to making these rigorous fields accessible to women who might otherwise be denied such training they also welcomed in young boys whose access to quality education might be hindered by class. Among her most famous readers was Michael Faraday who encountered her books while serving as a bookbinder's apprentice and was inspired to delve more deeply into the sciences Science History Institute. The present work seeks to popularize economic theory and put forward an argument for decreasing wage gaps among rich and poor; and in line with her overall project Marcet seeks to make her argument accessible to readers of all education levels. Wrapped in allegory in order to welcome in labor-class readers who may not have complex economic vocabularies Marcet's tale posits the need for new economic policy into a series of nine allegorical essays told "through the eyes of honest John Hopkins a laborer on low wages" Liberty. Scholars have increasingly viewed John Hopkins as an important and previously undervalued piece of Marcet's oeuvre; and her desire to bring the working class into dialogue about their own economic state signals an important cultural change. "Marcet was engaged in the work of the knowledge broker -- creating and maintaining networks between and among scientists and the larger public. Knowledge sharing was based upon the personal and social connections she facilitated by bringing together bankers scientists and professional economists such as Malthus Ricardo Mill and others. It was extended to the popular culture through the many editions of her Conversations addressed to the middle classes and enlarged to include the working classes with her John Hopkins's Notions on Political Economy" L. Forget. Lesser known but nonetheless one of Marcet's culturally important contributions this volume contains important lessons on how to expand a class's knowledge base and provide the tools for political and economic self-advocacy. Notably this copy reveals the influential scientific communities she participated in connecting her to men in the hard sciences who knew of and read her work.<br/><br/>Feminist Companion 713. Women in Science 125. Dictionary of Economics. Near Fine. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Greene & Longman unknown books
