Details
(i) BERDOE, Marmaduke (b. 1743?). An Enquiry into the Influence of the Electric-Fluid, in the Structure and Formation of Animated Beings, Bath: printed for the Author, 1771, 8° (220 x 140mm.), FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates, one coloured and one folding (small part of margin to Q1 torn away, a few marginal tears, marginal worming to last few leaves), original boards recovered in grey paper (split along lower rear joints), uncut. [Bakken 42; Wheeler 432: "effect of electricity on the development of the animal organism; electricity pervades all media"]
(ii) IZARN, Joseph. Manuel du Galvanisme, Paris: J.F. Barrau & Dumotiez, 1804, 8° (195 x 123mm.), second edition, 6 folding engraved plates (title soiled and with library stamp to verso, library number at lower margin of first leaf of text, spotted throughout), original wrappers, printed paper label to spine (worn).
(iii) BECCARIA, Giovanni Battista (1716-81). Lettre sur l'Électricité .... adressé à M. l'Abbé Nollet, Paris: Ganeau, 1754, 8° (185 x 110mm.) (title lightly browned, occasional spotting, small marginal dampstaining to a few leaves), modern marbled wrappers, uncut.
With four other related books. (7)
(ii) IZARN, Joseph. Manuel du Galvanisme, Paris: J.F. Barrau & Dumotiez, 1804, 8° (195 x 123mm.), second edition, 6 folding engraved plates (title soiled and with library stamp to verso, library number at lower margin of first leaf of text, spotted throughout), original wrappers, printed paper label to spine (worn).
(iii) BECCARIA, Giovanni Battista (1716-81). Lettre sur l'Électricité .... adressé à M. l'Abbé Nollet, Paris: Ganeau, 1754, 8° (185 x 110mm.) (title lightly browned, occasional spotting, small marginal dampstaining to a few leaves), modern marbled wrappers, uncut.
With four other related books. (7)
Provenance
(i) Richard Watts, two contemporary ownership inscriptions to title; Charles M. Hutt, book label.
(ii) Elihu Thompson, ownership inscription to title; The Franklin Institute Library, The Elihu Thomson Collection, bookplate.
(ii) Elihu Thompson, ownership inscription to title; The Franklin Institute Library, The Elihu Thomson Collection, bookplate.