Elementos de chimica : offerecidos a Sociedade Litteraria do Rio de Janeiro para o uso do seu curso de chimica / por Vicente Coelho de Seabra.

Coimbra : Na Real Officina da Universidade, 1788-1790.

2 volumes in 1 (xii, 54 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 55-485 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates (4 folded)) : illustrations (woodcut) ; 21 cm (4to)

NLM (18th cent.), p. 446

One of the leaves between pp. 54-55 is blank.

Index: pp. 463-485.

Pt. 2 has special t.p.: "Parte II. Classe II. Tomo II." It contains Classe 1-2 and also (pp. 419-461) 'Dissertaçaõ sobre as agoas mineraes'.

First modern textbook of chemistry in the Portuguese language.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: J. Hodgson Note: Binding: Contemp. mottled calf. Contemp. inscription on front free endpaper: "Do Capn. Luiz Gomes de Carvalho."