PRIESTLEY, Joseph. The History and Present State of Electricity, with original Experiments, London: J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, B. Davenport & T. Cadell, 1767, 4° (254 x 198mm.), FIRST EDITION, 8 engraved plates, including the specimen chart, all but one folding (some plates and leaves spotted, slight offsetting, slight worming to upper outer margin, upper margins of pp. 182-183 ink stained, stain to upper margin of about 30 leaves), contemporary calf (rebacked, covers scuffed), sprinkled edges. [Crook S/480; Norman 1748]

細節

PRIESTLEY, Joseph. The History and Present State of Electricity, with original Experiments, London: J. Dodsley, J. Johnson, B. Davenport & T. Cadell, 1767, 4° (254 x 198mm.), FIRST EDITION, 8 engraved plates, including the specimen chart, all but one folding (some plates and leaves spotted, slight offsetting, slight worming to upper outer margin, upper margins of pp. 182-183 ink stained, stain to upper margin of about 30 leaves), contemporary calf (rebacked, covers scuffed), sprinkled edges. [Crook S/480; Norman 1748]

來源

(?) S. C. Downe, owner inscription to title.

拍品專文

"Though primarily remembered for his work with gases, Priestley was also the first historian of electricity ... Priestley's work gave a methodized account of previous discoveries and reviewed contemporary electrical studies; his account favoured Franklin's one-fluid theory, but was otherwise fairly impartial." [Norman]