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Dispvtatio Physica Experimentalis, De Electricitatibvs Contrariis, qvam Consentiente Amplissimo Philosophorvm Ordine, Pro Obtinendis Svmmis in Philosophia Honoribvs, In Academia Rostochiensi ...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1745 Bos (b.w.) Af 355.6 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wilcke, Johan Carl, 1732-1796 32230
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
Latin
Physical Description:
1 v. ; cm. (4to)
Place of Publication:
Rostock : Typis Ioannis Iacobi Adleri, [1757]
Notes:
Signatures: [n][superscript 1]A-R[superscript 4]S[superscript 3] lacking n2.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Bose, Recherches, q.v.; number 4b in table of contents; item 6 in volume; leaf of dedication to Euler missing; marginal drawings on pp. 89, 134, and 137 and on sheet inserted between leaves M4 and N1; minor corrections throughout, and notes, shaved; at end: La Suite n'est pas encore imprimée, probably by the author; Franklin's signature on title. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (34); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry.

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