VOLTA, Alessandro (1745-1827). Lettere ... sull' aria infiammabile nativa delle paludi, Milan: Giuseppe Marelli, 1777, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 14 engraved vignettes, one on title, uncut in modern green cloth with John Crerar endpapers [Honeyman 3072; Duveen p. 606: "contains the author's investigations on marsh gas"] -- Giuseppe del PAPA. Lettera intorno alla natura del Caldo, e del Freddo, scritt all' illustrissimo sig. Francesco Redi, Florence: Francesco Livi, 1674, 8°, FIRST EDITION (spotted and browned, oxidisation mark on A3, larger mark on A4, A3-6 wormed affecting up to two lines of text); Lettera nella quale si discorre se il Fuoco, e la Luce sieno una cosa medesima, Florence: Gio. Antonio Bonardi, 1675, 8° (spotted, final 2 leaves wormed), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum (worn) [Honeyman 2399 (first work)] -- Francesco-Scipione MAFFEI. Della Formazione de' Fulmini trattato, Verona: Giannalberto Tumermani, 1747, small 4°, engraved title vignette (R4 torn at outer margin), uncut in contemporary limp grey boards; and 2 other works by Algarotti and Guido Grandi. (5)

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VOLTA, Alessandro (1745-1827). Lettere ... sull' aria infiammabile nativa delle paludi, Milan: Giuseppe Marelli, 1777, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 14 engraved vignettes, one on title, uncut in modern green cloth with John Crerar endpapers [Honeyman 3072; Duveen p. 606: "contains the author's investigations on marsh gas"] -- Giuseppe del PAPA. Lettera intorno alla natura del Caldo, e del Freddo, scritt all' illustrissimo sig. Francesco Redi, Florence: Francesco Livi, 1674, 8°, FIRST EDITION (spotted and browned, oxidisation mark on A3, larger mark on A4, A3-6 wormed affecting up to two lines of text); Lettera nella quale si discorre se il Fuoco, e la Luce sieno una cosa medesima, Florence: Gio. Antonio Bonardi, 1675, 8° (spotted, final 2 leaves wormed), 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum (worn) [Honeyman 2399 (first work)] -- Francesco-Scipione MAFFEI. Della Formazione de' Fulmini trattato, Verona: Giannalberto Tumermani, 1747, small 4°, engraved title vignette (R4 torn at outer margin), uncut in contemporary limp grey boards; and 2 other works by Algarotti and Guido Grandi. (5)

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