An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Principles of that useful Science, and Describing the Instruments, contrived either to illustrate the theory, or render the practice entertaining, 4th edition, 1792, folding engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, occasional small damp stains, contemporary tree calf, covers detaching, some edge wear, 8vo together with Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, by Sir Humphrey Davy, 1st edition, 1813, 10 engraved plates, occasional offsetting and light water stains, bookplate, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, plus Rational Recreations in which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of easy, entertaing, interesting experiments, by W. Hooper, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1794, 65 engraved plates (appears complete, plate II called for in volume IV not published?), occasional light spotting), library stamps, later calf-backed boards, shelf number labels to spines, edges rubbed, 8vo, with four others including Rohault's System of Natural Philosophy, 2 volumes, 1729 and Pierre Bertholon's De l'Electricite dur Corps Humain, 2 volumes, Paris, 1785 (12)
An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Principles of that useful Science, and Describing the Instruments, contrived either to illustrate the theory, or render the practice entertaining, 4th edition, 1792, folding engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, occasional small damp stains, contemporary tree calf, covers detaching, some edge wear, 8vo together with Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, by Sir Humphrey Davy, 1st edition, 1813, 10 engraved plates, occasional offsetting and light water stains, bookplate, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, plus Rational Recreations in which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of easy, entertaing, interesting experiments, by W. Hooper, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1794, 65 engraved plates (appears complete, plate II called for in volume IV not published?), occasional light spotting), library stamps, later calf-backed boards, shelf number labels to spines, edges rubbed, 8vo, with four others including Rohault's System of Natural Philosophy, 2 volumes, 1729 and Pierre Bertholon's De l'Electricite dur Corps Humain, 2 volumes, Paris, 1785 (12)
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