NOLLET, Jean-Antoine. Lettres sur l'électricité [Letters on - Lot 481

NOLLET, Jean-Antoine. Lettres sur l'électricité [Letters on electricity] in which the discoveries that have been made on this subject & the consequences that can be drawn from them are examined. [Followed by] Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénomènes électriques. Published in Paris by Guérin et Delatour in 1760. 3 volumes in 2 volumes of In douze / In-12 format. Brown marbled calf. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons. Gilt fillet on edges. Blue speckled edges. Contemporary binding. XII-251; XII-284; XVI-295, 12 folding plates of intaglio figures engraved by Gobin (4 plates per part). Minor rubbing, corners very slightly dulled. New edition of these letters by L'abbé Nollet, professor of experimental physics and French specialist in electricity. They bring together the author's correspondence with scientists of the time, in which he opposed Benjamin Franklin's theories in particular. A complete copy of the 3 sets of letters, illustrated with 12 plates of intaglio figures representing experiments. Bound at the end: Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénomènes électriques, et sur les effets nuisibles ou avantageux qu'on peut en attendre, Paris, Guérin, 1753. XXIII-444 pages, with 8 folding plates of engraved figures representing experiments with static electricity. Third edition. Handwritten bookplate on title page. Very fine period set, interiors in good condition.