Thomson Robert Dundas M D (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cyclopedia of Chemistry, With Its Applications to Mineralogy, Physiology and the Arts London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, 1854 First edition 8vo in publishers blind-stamped brown cloth over boards, rebacked with original gilt-lettered spine laid on: 1 blank, (i-v) vi-vii (viii), 1-539 (540) pp; numerous woodcuts, ex-library Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (bookplate inside front cover covering most of label describing Griffins Portable Cyclopedias indicating Gift of Estate of Dr. Chas. H. La Wall); other inoffensive library marks on spine and title page. Inside front cover book label of The Charles H. LaWall Memorial Library. Robert Dundas Thomson (1810-1864) was the nephew of the famous Thomas Thomson, Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow. He received his M.D. from Glasgow in 1831 and worked with Liebig at Giessen in 1840. In 1852 he was appointed Lecturer in Chemistry at St. Thomas Hospital in London and later elected FRS.Dr. La Wall was President of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1918-19) and Dean of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He wrote a number of popular books including Tomato Ketchups (1914) and The Curious Lore of Drugs and Medicine (1927). This book lacking in Cole, Duveen. Neville has the second edition (1856) titled Dictionary of ChemistryIdentical to the first edition but having different title page (see Neville II, p 547). Binding soiled, wear to tips (some losses) and edges; internally VG-.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. School of Chemistry: Practical Rudiments of the ScienceLondon: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848First Edition 12mo, full leather prize binding, gilt stamped (Orsett Diocesan School) on front and rear covers, spine compartmented and richly gilt, maroon morocco label, edges of pages marbled: Endpapers and blanks, xiv, 1 leaf (errata and advert), 232 pp, numerous woodcuts and tables. Inscription to student awardee (1853); bookplate of T.N. Methan, first blank, very slight bumping edge wear but near fine.…