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Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and

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Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and

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Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, folding frontispiece and 24 plates, lightly offset, list of subscribers, contemporary ink ownership name to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, endpapers renewed, 4to, 1772.

⁂ One of the earliest works on optics and the most comprehensive of its time. "Priestley's History of Optics had but one English edition ... it remained the only English work on the subject for a hundred and fifty years and the only one in any language for fifty" (DSB).

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Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and

Name: Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and
SKU: 152537843
Price: 380 GBP
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