Author: SWINDEN, J.J. VAN.- Electricity.- 1784
Title: Recueil de Mémoires sur L'Analogie de L'Electricité et du Magnétisme, couronnes & publiés par l'Académie de Bavière, traduits du Latin & de l'Allemand, augmentés de Notes, & de quelques Dissertations nouvelles, par J.H. van Swinden, Professeur de Philosophie dans l'Université de Franeker... Tome Premier [Tome Second, Tome Troisième].
Description: A la Haye, Chez les Libraires Associés, 1784. 8vo. In 3 vols. W. 4 engr. fold. plates at the end of vol. I. 5 engr. fold. pls. at the end of vol. II. Large folding letterpress table at thge end of vol. III. In very good original condition. In original and contemp. half tree clf. spines over green paper brds., corners in clf. Spine w. original red titleshields, giltlettered. 5 single horizontal giltruled lines on spine, the red titleshields hemmed in by 2 triple giltruled lines. (Spine ends some rubb., small horizontal imperf. on spine of vol. 2, lower edges of covers rubb.). [....]. (XVII, 18 - 506; VIII, I (blank), I (errata), 1 - 506; XVI I (errata), I (blank), 1 - 254 pp.). (Paper of blank outer margins throughout some light yellowing, some spots, (All edges of the bookblocks yellow.). Very nice copy of van Swinden's major work on electricity and magnetism.

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