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1398 - SWINDEN, J. H. van. Collection of Papers on the Analogy Between Electricity and Magnetism. The Hague (Libraires associés), 1784. 8vo, contemporary cardboard binding (shown wear), flat spine, red labels, pp. xxxvi + [iv] + 506 with 3 large fold-out plates.
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SWINDEN, J. H. van. Collection of Papers on the Analogy Between Electricity and Magnetism. The Hague (Libraires associés), 1784. 8vo, contemporary cardboard binding (shown wear), flat spine, red labels, pp. xxxvi + [iv] + 506 with 3 large fold-out plates. Provenance Baron Étienne Félix d’Hénin de Cuvillers (engraved bookplate) Volume I alone (of three) of van Swinden’s (1746–1823) highly empirical investigations into the relationship between magnetism and electricity. Although incomplete, the work is notable for its provenance. D'Hénin de Cuvillers (1755–1841), a military officer and “imaginationist magnetizer,” was the editor of *Archives du magnétisme animal* and the author of *Magnétisme éclairé* (1820). Provenance: the library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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