SAGE, Balthazar Georges.

Expériences propres a faire connoitre que l'Alkali Volatil Fluor est le Remede le plus efficace dans les Asphyxies; avec des Remarques sur les Effets avantageux qu'il produit dans la Morsure de la Vipère, dans la Rage, la Brulure, l'Apoplexie, &c.

Woodcut arms on title. 2 p.l., xvi, 76 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece on spine, outer & lower edges uncut. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1778. Third edition, enlarged, of this monograph on the chemical properties of sal volatile and its use in cases of asphyxiation and other accidents by the well-known French chemist Sage (1740-1824). It was the first book printed by P.Fr. Didot after his appointment as printer to the brother of Louis XVI, later Louis XVIII, to whom it is dedicated. Fine copy. This was an extremely successful book with many later editions and translations. D.S.B., XII, pp. 63-69. Duveen, p. 523. Partington, III, pp. 97-98. See Cole, p. 476.

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