PRIESTLEY, Joseph. The History and Present State of Electricity with original experiments, London: for J. Dodsley, J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1767, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 7 folding engraved plates by J. Mynde after the author, with publisher's advertisements and engraved specimen chart for the second edition of Priestley's Chart of Biography at end (title somewhat soiled and water-stained, with faint green and pink ink stains from an old stamp, also holed and a little bleached in blank area directly above imprint, 4S4 torn at lower margin, 4T3r soiled at margins), contemporary vellum (slightly soiled). [Honeyman 2533; Norman 1748]

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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. The History and Present State of Electricity with original experiments, London: for J. Dodsley, J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1767, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 7 folding engraved plates by J. Mynde after the author, with publisher's advertisements and engraved specimen chart for the second edition of Priestley's Chart of Biography at end (title somewhat soiled and water-stained, with faint green and pink ink stains from an old stamp, also holed and a little bleached in blank area directly above imprint, 4S4 torn at lower margin, 4T3r soiled at margins), contemporary vellum (slightly soiled). [Honeyman 2533; Norman 1748]

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The first extensive history of electrical discovery, and the author's first scientific work. Benjamin Franklin helped with the proof correction.

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