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[GREENE, JACOB; and HAZARD, ERSKINE.] An Epitome of Electricity and Galvanism. Engraved frontispiece (dampstained at top, offsetting onto title). iv, [4], xlviii, [4], 159, [9] pages. 8vo, contemporary boards, rebacked with linen, endpapers renewed; scattered foxing and minor stains; uncut. With the signature of William Johnson dated 1816 on title, and with an inscription to him on the front blank: "Presented to William Johnson by his sincere friends The Authors." Philadelphia: Jane Aitken, 1809
first edition. "This is one of the earliest works on electricity published in America; it contains a carefully written account of contemporary discoveries, experiments, and investigations"--Wheeler Gift 697. Rink 752.
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