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BERGMAN, Torben Olof, Sir (1732-1784). Physical and Chemical Essays. Edmund Cullen, translator. London: J. Murray, 1788.
2 volumes only (of 3, lacking Vol.III, published 1791), 8vo (207 x 125 mm). 2 folding tables; 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf (neatly rebacked). Provenance: note indicating a 1996 purchase at Maggs Bros.
Second edition of this English translation of volumes I and II of the Opuscula physica et chemical. Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, was the first chemist to use the A, B, C. etc. system of notation for chemical species. According to Neville, the second edition is so rare that Bergman's bibliographer stated he had never seen a copy (Neville, p. 125).
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum