Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2483Location: BostonDate / Time: November 15, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent de (1743-1794), Signed document, February 4, 1787, one page, in French, to Mr. Delaforte, a receipt for various supplies, 4to, (excellent).
Note: Lavoisier's fame as a scientist includes extensive quantitative experiments into the nature of oxygen and hydrogen, and their composition in the natural world.
Estimate $800-1,000
Excellent