MARAT (Jean Paul).

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MARAT (Jean Paul).
Physical research on electricity. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, Nyon, Belin, 1782. In-8, marbled paperboard, yellow edges (contemporary binding). Wheeler Gift, n°509. Original edition, decorated with 5 folding plates. Marat (1743-1793) refutes here the main theories accepted until then on electricity and relies for this on his own experiences (more than 200). The book contains many laudatory references to Franklin. Engraved ex-libris by the doctor François Moutier (1881-1961). Restored bits.
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