May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279
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Sale 2279 - Lot 268

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HAÜY, RENÉ-JUST, Abbé. Exposition Raisonnée de la Théorie de l'Électricité et du Magnétisme, d'après les Principes de M. Aepinus. 4 folding plates. xxvii, [5], 238 pages. 8vo, contemporary russia gilt, superficial vertical crack in spine, binding sound; scattered foxing in this work and Deleuze (see below). Paris: widow Desaint, 1787
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first edition of a non-mathematical epitome of Franz Aepinus's 1759 Tentamen theoriae electricitatis et magnetismi, "one of the most original and important books in the history of electricity . . . the first reasoned, fruitful exposition of electrical phenomena based on action-at-a-distance"--DSB I, 67. Wheeler Gift 541.
bound after: Deleuze, Joseph-Philippe-François. Histoire Critique du Magnétisme Animal. [4], 298; [4], 339, [1] pages, including half-titles. 2 volumes. Paris: Mame, 1813. first edition of a work on the history, practice, and early literature of animal magnetism, "one of the most important ever written on the subject" (Crabtree). Caillet 2933 ("ouvrage indispensable"); Crabtree 243; Norman M67.