[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1st ed. of Walker's 12 lectures on Chemistry & Physics. London: 1799

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(SCIENCE) Walker, Adam.   A SYSTEM OF FAMILIAR PHILOSOPHY: in Twelve 
Lectures... Containing the Elements and the Practical Uses to Be Drawn from the 
Chemical Properties of Matter; the Principles and Applications of Mechanics; of 
Hydrostatics; of Hydraulics; of Pneumatics; of Magnetism; of Electricity; of 
Optics; and of Astronomy. Including Every Material Modern Discovery and Improvement 
to the Present Time. Illustrated by Forty-seven Copper-plates, Neatly and 
Accurately Engraved. London: Printed for the Author... 1799. First edition. Lg. 
4to. xviii,572pp. Index. Plus (4)pp. subscriber’s list bound in near front. 
Lacking the half-title. Illustrated with 41 copper engraved folding plates. Cont. 
spotted calf, nicely rebacked, red calf spine label.     $1,000.00
The 1799 original edition is quite scarce.

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