DELL' ELETTRICISMO On Electricity

by Eusebio Sguario, Christian Xavier Wabst

$2,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Venice: Gio. Battista Recurti, 1746. First edition of the first Italian book on electricity Bensaude-Vincent — a popular text that spread word of early electrical experiments to fascinated amateurs, including many Italian women. Very good. Item #54861 After the late 17th-century revolution in physics thanks to Newton, the 18th century's cutting edge scientific experimentation turned to electricity. Sguario's work

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