Autores y traductores de libros de texto de química en España, 1788-1845 Authors Rosa Muñoz Bello Abstract This paper analyzes the collective biographical profile of authors and translators of chemistry textbooks in Spain from 1788 to the 1845. We study their formation, occupation, investigations, motivation to write the book, educational activity and audiences, among other aspects. This study shows the variation of the biographical profiles throughout the period. By the end of eighteenth century, most of the Spanish chemistry textbooks were translations of French works. After a period of transition, that corresponds approximately to the second reign of Fernando VII, a new generation of authors emerged. Many of them were pharmacists by training, who were somehow involved in the teaching of chemistry. They wrote a great number of chemistry textbooks in Spanish language, so the relative importance of the translations decrease although they continued representing a substantial part of the group. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2009-12-03 Issue Nova època, vol. 2 (1) : 2009 Section IV Conference on the history of science and education Antoni Quintana Marí License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors.On submitting articles for publication to the journal Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica, authors accept the following terms:Authors assign to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica.Authors answer to Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica (SCHCT) for the authorship and originality of submitted articles.Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles.SCHCT declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors.The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it.Actes d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.