Elettricismo artificiale.

4to: viii-439-[1] pp.; 11 pl. (foxing, a few pp. sl. soiled, some ff. unopened).

Limp boards, mod. spine (uncut copy).

Second edition (1st ed.: 1753) of Beccaria's principal work on electricity based on Franklin's theories. Illustrated with 11 folding plates. Beccaria (1716-1781) taught experimental physics in Palermo, Rome and Turin. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1755. Ref. Wheeler 435bis. - Not in Ferguson. Prov. Unidentified armorial bookpl. Joined: [Idem] - Nuovi sperimenti [...] per confermare, ed estendere la meccanica del fuoco elettrico. Ibid, 1780. 4to, 19 pp. Mod. cardboard. First edition. One small illustration copper-engr. on last p. Ref. Not in Wheeler nor Ferguson. (2 vol.)