Theorie des phenomenes electro-dynamiques, uniquement deduite de l'experience, 1st separate edition, Paris, November 1826, second or corrected state, with pages 85-92 correctly paginated and no date on folio 12/1r, errata leaf and two folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting throughout, light old dampstain to lower outer corner, ink library stamp to title, following text leaf, errata leaf and Plate 1, armorial bookplate of Alexander Henry Davis to front pastedown, contemporary tree sheep with gilt-decorated spine and red title label, heavily rubbed and some edge wear, joints slightly split at foot, 4to (260 x 216mm) 'Having established a noumenal foundation for electrodynamic phenomena, Ampere's next steps were to discover the relationships between the phenomena and to devise a theory from which these relationships could be mathematically deduced. This double task was undertaken in the years 1821-1825, and his success was reported in his greatest work... In this work, the Principia of electrodynamics, Ampere first described the laws of action of electric currents..' (DSB). Ampere presented the work to the Academic des Sciences in 1823, and it was printed, under the title "Memoire sur la theorie mathematique des phenomenes Electro-dynamiques", on pp. 177-387 of Vol. VI of the Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences. 'As Vol. VI was the volume for 1823 this date appears on the first page of each signature as an identifying mark for the printer; the whole volume, however, was not published until late in 1827... In the meantime the author's separate was prepared; the last twelve pages were reset and extended to eighteen; the work was repaginated and re-signed; and the '1823' was removed from lower margins (except on sig. 21 where it remained on all copies and on sig. 12 where, together with the original periodical pagination, it remained in a few copies, but was corrected during printing). The separate was issued in November 1826; thus although printed second it was published first' (Honeyman catalogue 1:85). Grolier/Horblit 3a; Norman 50. (1)
Theorie des phenomenes electro-dynamiques, uniquement deduite de l'experience, 1st separate edition, Paris, November 1826, second or corrected state, with pages 85-92 correctly paginated and no date on folio 12/1r, errata leaf and two folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting throughout, light old dampstain to lower outer corner, ink library stamp to title, following text leaf, errata leaf and Plate 1, armorial bookplate of Alexander Henry Davis to front pastedown, contemporary tree sheep with gilt-decorated spine and red title label, heavily rubbed and some edge wear, joints slightly split at foot, 4to (260 x 216mm) 'Having established a noumenal foundation for electrodynamic phenomena, Ampere's next steps were to discover the relationships between the phenomena and to devise a theory from which these relationships could be mathematically deduced. This double task was undertaken in the years 1821-1825, and his success was reported in his greatest work... In this work, the Principia of electrodynamics, Ampere first described the laws of action of electric currents..' (DSB). Ampere presented the work to the Academic des Sciences in 1823, and it was printed, under the title "Memoire sur la theorie mathematique des phenomenes Electro-dynamiques", on pp. 177-387 of Vol. VI of the Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences. 'As Vol. VI was the volume for 1823 this date appears on the first page of each signature as an identifying mark for the printer; the whole volume, however, was not published until late in 1827... In the meantime the author's separate was prepared; the last twelve pages were reset and extended to eighteen; the work was repaginated and re-signed; and the '1823' was removed from lower margins (except on sig. 21 where it remained on all copies and on sig. 12 where, together with the original periodical pagination, it remained in a few copies, but was corrected during printing). The separate was issued in November 1826; thus although printed second it was published first' (Honeyman catalogue 1:85). Grolier/Horblit 3a; Norman 50. (1)
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