ŚNIADECKI Jędrzej
THEORYA JESTESTW ORGANICZNYCH
Jubilee Edition by the editors of "Nowiny Lekarskie".
With a preface by Adam Wrzosek containing an outline of the life of Jędrzej Śniadecki and a short review of his theory
Volumes 1-2 (complete set of co-authors)
Poznan 1905, Nakł. Nowin Lekarskich, Druk. Dziennik Poznański, pp. LXVI, [6]; 120; 219 , 2nlb.; format 15x22.5cm
Complete edition of "Teoria Jestestw Organicznych" - a two-volume work by Jędrzej Śniadecki, published (volume I) in 1804 and (volume II) in 1811, presenting a bold and modern, for the time, thesis on the unity of matter of the living world and inanimate matter.
Jedrzej (Andrzej) Sniadecki, crypt. and pseudonyms: Philosophical Vanity of Vilnius; J. Ś.; Sotwaros; Szlachcic na łopacie; Uważnicki Bogumił, oszmiański nobleman; Włóczęga Guliwer, (born November 30, 1768 in Rydlewo near Żnin, died May 11, 1838 in Vilnius) - Polish physician, biologist, chemist, philosopher and satirist-publicist. He developed the foundations of Polish chemical terminology and wrote the first Polish chemistry textbook
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, COVERS SURROUNDED BY DECORATIVE BLIND-STAMPED BORDERING, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILDING. COVER BOARDS MADE OF HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER, PAGE EDGES DECORATED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. THE INTERIORS OF THE COVERS SURROUNDED BY AN INTRICATE EMBOSSED SCRAWL.
BDB-/ VERY BEAUTIFUL condition.
Provenance: ex-libris of Billewicz-Stankiewicz Jaroslaw.
Billewicz-Stankiewicz Jaroslaw, prof. Ph.D., author of books on natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, etc.).
