Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America,

by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To Which Are Added, Letters and Papers

$12,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

London: Printed for F. Newbery, 1774. Fifth edition. 2 , v, 1 , 514, 16 pp. With seven copper-engraved plates, three of which are folding. Bound in modern half calf, marbled paper over boards. Spine gilt ruled with red morocco title label. Near Fine with the lightest touch of foxing to prelims, waving to bottom edge of textblock, intermittent pencil markings in margins. Page 91 with small area of insect damage at the

• Binding: Leather

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