Dell'elettricismo artificiale e naturale libri due.

4to: [8]-245-[1] pp. (marg. damp stains, strong to some outer margins in begin., some foxing, occ. strong staining, pp. 193-196 detached).

Limp boards (dampstained, front cover rubbed, lack of paper to outer margin of front cover). Uncut copy.

First edition of Beccaria's principal work on electricity based on Franklin's theories. 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 375.
Prov. 19th-c. ms. ownership entry on title.