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Extremely influential French chemist (1743-1794) noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion; he was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution due to his involvement with the deeply unpopular Ferme Générale. Third-person ALS in French, signed within the text, “Le C. Lavoisier,” one page, 6 x 7.75, no date but circa 1792–1793. Untranslated letter mentioning the Academy of Sciences and the scientist and philosopher Condorcet. At the end of the letter, Lavoisier writes his address (translated): "Citizen Lavoisier, Treasurer of the Academy, Boulevard de la Madeleine 243." Lavoisier lived at this address during the French Revolution between August 1792 and his arrest in November 1793. He was guillotined some months later, in May 1794. In fine condition, with modern collector's notations on the second integral leaf.
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