Lettres sur l’électricité

An in-12º volume of (3) of xj, (1), 264 pp. 4 folded plates; marbled brown calf, spine with 5 raised bands, spine ornate, red and green morocco title-pieces, cold-stamped fillets on the boards, marbled edges, gilt roulette on the edges (Some browned quires, stain on the last f., pl. 2 lightly soiled and creased. Missing upper corner, boards slightly rubbed)

First edition of the first volume only.

Jean-Antoine Nollet, known as Abbé Nollet (1700-1770), was professor of experimental physics at the College of Navarre and at the Schools of Artillery and Engineering, and professor of physics at the Dauphin.