Lavoisier 1743-1794 d'apres sa correspondance ses manuscrits ses papiers de famille et autres documents inedits . . .
1888S14079Paris :: Germer Bailliere et cie Felix Alcan 1888. 1888. Large 8vo. VII 1 398 2 pp. Half-title frontispiece 9 plates. Early quarter red morocco raised bands elaborately gilt-stamped spine marbled boards with original printed wrappers bound in; rubbed. Very good. 265 The author states he based this work on numerous original documents saying that Lavoisier had "perfect order" and "kept all his manuscript without any exception all his notes." He sought to mark his private virtues his efforts in support of public affairs philanthropy his academic work as an economist farmer and financier details of his premature death by guillotine the tribunal etc. / "In September 1793 a law was passed ordering the arrest of all foreigners born in enemy countries and all their property to be confiscated. Lavoisier intervened on behalf of Lagrange who certainly fell under the terms of the law. On 8 May 1794 after a trial that lasted less than a day a revolutionary tribunal condemned Lavoisier and 27 others to death. Lagrange said on the death of Lavoisier who was guillotined on the afternoon of the day of his trial" – O'Connor J.J.; Robertson E.F. "Joseph-Louis Lagrange" 2006. / Louis Edouard Grimaux was a French chemist known for his research in the area of organic synthesis. He was the author of more than 120 scientific papers and books. This is the first in-depth published biography of Lavoisier. / 'First elements of manufacturing industry or Simple Notions on the Processes used to prepare the objects necessary for food housing clothing and the education of man work written according to the most modern treatises.' Germer Bailliere et cie, Felix Alcan, 1888. hardcover
