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Publication of the Traité élémentaire de chimie

When
1789
Where
publication of Lavoisier's chemistry textbook
Part of
Publication of Lavoisier's Elementary Treatise of Chemistry

Antoine Lavoisier's chemistry textbook Traité élémentaire de chimie was published in 1789, with illustrations attributed to Madame Lavoisier.

The Traité élémentaire de chimie is a textbook written by Antoine Lavoisier and published in 1789. A 1789 first edition survives, whose title page, woodcuts, and copperplate engravings are credited to Madame Lavoisier. The retrieved passages do not specify a place of publication, so no city is asserted for the printing.

Sources

  1. Traité Élémentaire de Chimie Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-14

Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.