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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Fisica - Nollet Jean, Antoine

Essay on the electricity of bodies [...] Added some experiences and observations, which illustrate the same matter, by Mr. William Watson, 1747

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€ 120 - 200

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€ 256

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Information

Venice, by Giambattista Pasquali, 1747. In 8 °. Engraved front door, 5 chalcographic plates numbered at the end, brand on the title page, browning and marginal blooms, missing the last white paper, coeval binding in calfskin, author, title and gold friezes on the back, abrasions and peeling, gaps on the back, defects .

Specialist Notes

First Italian edition of the treatise on the electricity of bodies, Essai sur lʻelectricite des corps published in Paris in 1746, by the French physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770), pioneer in physics studies experimental studies focused on electrical phenomena.