PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. The History and Present State of Discoveries relating to Vision, Light, and Colours. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772. 24 engraved folding plates (lacking folding table). 2 volumes in one, 4to, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some wear to spine ends; lacks folding table, occasional spotting and offsetting. FIRST EDITION. NLM/Blake, p. 363; Honeyman VI, 2534 ("Remained the only English work on the history of optics for a hundred and fifty years and the only one in any language for over fifty").

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PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. The History and Present State of Discoveries relating to Vision, Light, and Colours. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772. 24 engraved folding plates (lacking folding table). 2 volumes in one, 4to, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, some wear to spine ends; lacks folding table, occasional spotting and offsetting. FIRST EDITION. NLM/Blake, p. 363; Honeyman VI, 2534 ("Remained the only English work on the history of optics for a hundred and fifty years and the only one in any language for over fifty").