Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and its Relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture. By Justus Liebig, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen. Edited by John Gardner, Member of the Chemical Society. New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1843. 1st American Edition. 180 pp, half-leather binding 6 x 4 , 18mo. In fair condition. Boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Head and tail of spine lacking with exposed binding. Spine chipped at title label with exposed binding, title illegible. Hinges cracked. Age-stain at top edge of front fly-leaf through Preface. Normal toning throughout text-block. Binding intact. Please see photos. Justus Freiherr von Liebig (1803 1873) was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemistry; he is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry. As a professor at the University of Giessen, he devised the modern lab