A resumé of the course of 70 lectures given by Fourcroy in his laboratory every winter, beginning in 1778. Cf. Cole, Smeaton

Later editions issued under title: Élémens d'histoire naturelle et de chimie

Collation: t. 1. [4], lxxxviij, 584 p.; t. 2. [4], 848, [2] p., [5] folded leaves of plates

Tome 2 has four folded tables, plus one folded leaf of illustration (ill. is signed "Sellier sculp.")

Title vignettes; head and tail-pieces

Errata on p. 584 of t. 1, and on p. 845 of t. 2

Cole, W.A. Chem. lit.

Smeaton, W.A. Fourcroy

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SCDIRB and SCNHRB each have one copy

SCDIRB copy (t.1, 39088011476223; t.2, 39088011476504) and SCNHRB copy (t.1, 39088011476348; t.2, 39088011476439) have stamps on t.p.'s: 1. Samuel Brown Collection; 2. Library, National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Feb. 27, 1891; accession no.: 138624 (the same number is used for each tome of both copies)

SCDIRB copy has a later brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine, gray endpapers, and marbled edges

SCNHRB copy has a later dark red buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and gray endpapers; with a few ms. pencil annotations in French in the margins (some notes are partially cropped)

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