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1208 - MAXWELL, James Clerk. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd edition, 2 vols. Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1892. In-8°, brown cloth binding, gilt spine, pp. xxii, 2 errata sheets, + 506 + [ii, publisher’s list]; xxiv + 500 + 8 [publisher’s list] with 20 plates, one per page.
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MAXWELL, James Clerk. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd edition, 2 vols. Oxford (Clarendon Press) 1892. In-8°, brown cloth binding, gilt spine, pp. xxii, 2 errata sheets, + 506 + [ii, publisher’s list]; xxiv + 500 + 8 [publisher’s list] with 20 plates, one per page. Signed 'O. Bolza' on the title pages. A fine copy of this posthumous edition of Maxwell’s masterpiece, prepared by J. J. Thompson. Provenance: the library of Hans and Oscar Bolza, then passed down through the family.
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