BECCARIA (G.). DELL'ELETTRICISMO ARTIFICIALE E NATURALE LIBRI DUE. Turin, F.A. Campana, 1753. In-4° of [8]-245-[1] pages, spotted calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red pages (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION of Beccaria's main work on electricity, based on Franklin's theories. Giambatista Beccaria (1716-1781) taught experimental physics in Palermo, Rome and Turin and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in London in 1755. Some foxing, one quire misplaced, hinges split. Stamp of the Biblioteca Ferdinando Palasciano.