Roger Gaskell Rare Books

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	§ BAUMÉ, Antoine (1728–1804). Manuel de chymie, ou exposé des opérations de la chymie et de leurs produits... Seconde édition, revue & augmentée. Paris: chez Didot; Musier, fils,; Dehansy; Panckouke, 1765. Collation: 12mo: a⁸ A–2T^8,4, 260 leaves, pp. xvi 501 [3]. Woodcut headpiece and initial on A1. Condition: 168 x 96mm. Some faint waterstains and minor discolouration. Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, red edges. Worming to foot of spine, rubbed. Provenance: Inscribed ‘Ch.V.’ on title; W. A. Smeaton (1925–2001), no ownership marks. References: Partington III, 90, III; cf. Cole 55 and Neu 326 (1766). Price: £350 Second edition (first 1763). The second edition makes a few changes and answers some criticisms of the first edition. ¶ Baumé was lecture demonstrator to Macquer for 25 years and gave 16 courses with him. It was from Macquer’s and Baumé’s works that Guyton de Morveau taught himself chemistry (Smeaton, DSB, p. 600). Bishop Watson learnt his chemistry from an ‘Operator’ from Paris and from Baumé’s textbook when he was appointed professor of Chemistry at Cambridge in 1764 (Partington p. 90). Cole’s copy is dated 1766, apparently a corrected reprint.
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