Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 182

Price Realized: $ 224
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
SIGAUD DE LA FOND, JOSEPH-AIGNAN. Précis Historique et Expérimental des Phénomènes Électriques depuis l'Origine de cette Découverte jusqu'à ce Jour . . . Seconde Édition, Revue et Augmentée. 10 folding engraved plates. xvi, [4], 624 pages, including half-title; lacks the 2 privilege leaves at end. 8vo, 200x125 mm, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, front joint cracked, cords intact, cover corners worn through; soiling and light stain on half-title, 19th-century stamp on title, marginal foxing on some plates. Paris: Rue et Hotel Serpente, 1785

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Second edition of a work on electricity and magnetism originally published in 1781.