Lot 158
Gilbert (William) On the Magnet, Chiswick Press, 1900.
Hammer Price: £200
Description
Gilbert (William) On the Magnet, [one of 250 copies] on Van Gelder paper, illustrations, 3ff. relating to the Gilbert Club bound in at beginning, original limp vellum, lower cover slightly stained, green silk ties, uncut, folio, Chiswick Press, 1900.
⁂ First edition in English reproducing the woodcuts from the original edition (in Latin) of 1600, the first scientific study of electricity and magnetism.
Description
Gilbert (William) On the Magnet, [one of 250 copies] on Van Gelder paper, illustrations, 3ff. relating to the Gilbert Club bound in at beginning, original limp vellum, lower cover slightly stained, green silk ties, uncut, folio, Chiswick Press, 1900.
⁂ First edition in English reproducing the woodcuts from the original edition (in Latin) of 1600, the first scientific study of electricity and magnetism.
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