Augustin Roux Nouvelle Encyclopédie portative en deux
Augustin Roux - Nouvelle Encyclopédie portative ou tableau général des connaissances humaines. Ouvrage recueilli des meilleurs auteurs, dans lequel on entreprend de donner une idée exacte des Sciences les plus utiles, & de les mettre à la portée du plus grand nombre des lecteurs - Published in Paris, by Vincent, and 589 pages - full leather binding of the time 18 x 11.5 cm good condition, full speckled sheepskin binding of the time with raised bands, back adorned with compartments with golden fleurons, triple golden fillets on the covers, label and volume number in Morocco, marbled edges First edition, Illustrated with 2 fold-out plates (geometry and music)Doctor born in Bordeaux, Augustin Roux (), worked in the drafting of the "typographic Annals", was aggregated as a doctor at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, and succeeded, in , to Vandermonde as editor of the "Journal de médicine". His knowledge in chemistry made him appointed as a science teacher at the Faculty in  Author of several medical books, renowned chemist. Read More