[FIRST RUSSIAN BOOK ON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY] Organicheskaia khimia [i.e. The Organic Chemistry]
St. Petersburg: Obshchestvennaia po’lza, 1861. [543] pp. 23x14 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding. Spine is restored. Some foxing in the text. Otherwise very good. First edition. Extremely rare. 27-year-old Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907) famously wrote this book in 61 days. The study on the organic chemistry was awarded with Demidov prize..... More