Portrait of John Ruskin as a young man. From the water-colour by G. Richmond, R.A. circa 1843

Instructions for the use of the blow-pipe, and chemical tests, with additions and observations derived from the recent publication of Professor Berzelius / By J. Mawe.

Portrait of John Ruskin from photograph taken in 1882

John Ruskin after painting by Millais

Portrait of John Ruskin

A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817.

Painting personified with its ancillary arts and sciences: optics, chemistry and mineralogy. Engraving by P.C. Baquoy, 1809, after J.M. Moreau.

Friedel, Charles (1832-1899), chemist and mineralogist.

Dictionnaire de chimie et de minéralogie ... / par L.-F. Jéhan.

Material: vellum; 2 ll. + 39 ll. folio.; leaf dimensions: width 20.5cm, length 30cm; written dimensions: width cm, length cm

MS.14

1 volume<br/>11 leaves(last 4 b1.). +pages 43-324. 8vo. 19 x ; 13 cm Unbound. Ppage1-42, 135/6, 201/2 are wanting: first leaf slightly defective.

Miscellanea Alchemica II.

3 volumes in 2., [folding plates] : illustrations ; 23 cm

Élemens de chimie / par E. Mitscherlich, traduits de l'allemand sur la dernière édition, par B. Valérius.

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Friedel, Charles (1832-1899), chemist and mineralogist.

Dictionnaire de chimie et de minéralogie ... / par L.-F. Jéhan.

MS.14

Miscellanea Alchemica II.

Élemens de chimie / par E. Mitscherlich, traduits de l'allemand sur la dernière édition, par B. Valérius.

Mineralogy

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Friedel, Charles (1832-1899), chemist and mineralogist.

Dictionnaire de chimie et de minéralogie ... / par L.-F. Jéhan.

MS.14

Miscellanea Alchemica II.

Élemens de chimie / par E. Mitscherlich, traduits de l'allemand sur la dernière édition, par B. Valérius.

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