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[Electricity]. Maxwell, J.C.
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.
Oxf., Clarendon Press, 1873, 1st ed., 1st issue, 2 vols., XXIX,(3),425; XXIII,(1),444,(2),15(publ. advert.)p., 21 lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., diagrams etc., w. errata-slip bound before p.1, orig. unif. blindst. giltlettered cl.
- Small bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown vol. 1; vol. 2 upper hinge broken; plates sl. foxed. Upper joint vol. 1 splitting; both vols. spine-ends dam.; corners showing.
= Cf. Norman Library 1466 (1st ed., 2nd issue; see the next lot); Poggendorff III, p.889; DSB IX, p.198ff: "(...) the aim of the Treatise was not to expound his theory finally to the world but to educate himself by presenting a view of the stage he had reached (...). He saw electricity not as just another branch of physics but as a subject of unique strategic importance (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVII.
€ (4.000-6.000) 5500
€ (4.000-6.000) 5500