Die Kunst physikalische Versuche anzustellen, oder Anweisung fur die Liebhaber der Naturlehre in Ansehung der Wahl, der Verfertigung und des Gebrauchs ihrer Instrumente . . .

Leipzig:: bey Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1771, 1771. 3 volumes. Small 8vo. [XII], 440; [II], 487, [1]; [II], 452, [16] pp. With 13, + 23, + 20 folding engraved plates [56 total plates], index. Early full gilt-stamped calf, raised bands, blind-rules; corners showing, rubbed, vol. III rear joint splitting some, a small piece of spine label on v. III missing. PROVENANCE: each title-page with manuscript ownership inked of the Bibliotheca collegii episcop. [i.e., episcopale?], 1797. Scarce. German edition. Jean-Antoine Nollet (Abbe Nollet) was a clergyman and the first French professor of experimental physics. After making a scientific journey to Holland and England (1734), he lectured openly in Paris for a long time and, appointed by the Duke of Savoy, established a professorship of physics in Turin. REFERENCES: See: Poggendorff II. p. 295. This copy sold by Gerhard Scheppler, Munich, 1981. (Inventory #: TK0054)