Priestley (Joseph)

The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours.

first edition, frontispiece and 24 folding engraved plates, damp staining throughout, some offsetting, plates foxed, lacking errata and list of subscribers, later half vellum over marbled boards, 4to., J.Johnson, 1772

***This remained the only English work on optics for one hundred fifty years, and the only one in any language for over fifty.