Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 196

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
WALSH, JOHN. Of the Electrical Property of the Torpedo. In a Letter . . . to Benjamin Franklin, Esq. * HUNTER, JOHN. Anatomical Observations on the Torpedo. Extracts from Philosophical Transactions, Volume 63, pages 461-80 and 481-89, respectively, each with folding engraved plate (heavily offsetting onto facing pages); bound in one volume. 4to, modern 1/4 cloth. [London, 1763; 1763]

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first editions. Walsh's paper gave the first accurate observation of the electrical property of the torpedo fish, while Hunter's dealt with the peculiarities of its anatomy. Garrison-Morton 589 (first work).