The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley, ...
Joseph Priestley, FRS (1733-1804)
Category
Books
Date
1767
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3194275
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xxxi,[1],736,[8]p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough [i.e.Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson, (1767-1818)]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; sewn onto five raised cords; gilt tooled spine, board edges; gilt lettered spine label: Priestley on Electricity.
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Joseph Priestley, FRS (1733-1804)