Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 163

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PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, and Other Branches of Natural Philosophy. 9 folding engraved plates (foxed). Half-title in first volume, not called for in the others. 3 leaves of publisher's ads at end of third volume. 3 volumes. 8vo, early 19th-century 1/2 calf gilt, spines darkened, tops rubbed; plates lightly offset, contents otherwise clean. Birmingham: Thomas Pearson for J. Johnson, 1790

Additional Details

Combined edition of two works on Priestley's pneumatic experiments originally published in 1774-77 and 1779-86. Norman 1752; Wheeler Gift 565.