Lot 155
Joule (James Prescott).- Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments, fourth edition, James Prescott Joule copy with his ink ownership inscription and ink-stamp, 1775.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Joule (James Prescott).- Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments, fourth edition, James Prescott Joule copy with his ink ownership inscription to title, and ink-stamp to title and a1, 8 engraved folding plates at end (offset), tear to D2 and P4 lower margins, very occasional light staining and scattered spotting, ex-library ink-stamps to title, few text ff., and plate versos, generally a clean copy, bookseller sticker and traces of label to front pastedown and front free endpaper, 19th century cloth, covers discoloured, small portion of cloth gone from upper cover, rubbed and a little frayed, [ESTC T36347], 4to, for C.Bathurst, T.Lowndes, J.Rivington, J.Johnson, S.Crowder, G.Robinson, R.Baldwin, T.Becket, and T.Cadell, 1775.
Description
Joule (James Prescott).- Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments, fourth edition, James Prescott Joule copy with his ink ownership inscription to title, and ink-stamp to title and a1, 8 engraved folding plates at end (offset), tear to D2 and P4 lower margins, very occasional light staining and scattered spotting, ex-library ink-stamps to title, few text ff., and plate versos, generally a clean copy, bookseller sticker and traces of label to front pastedown and front free endpaper, 19th century cloth, covers discoloured, small portion of cloth gone from upper cover, rubbed and a little frayed, [ESTC T36347], 4to, for C.Bathurst, T.Lowndes, J.Rivington, J.Johnson, S.Crowder, G.Robinson, R.Baldwin, T.Becket, and T.Cadell, 1775.
