PRIESTLEY (Joseph). HISTORY OF ELECTRICITY, translated from English with critical notes. Enriched with intaglio figures. Paris, Hérissant fils, 1771. 3 volumes in-12 of 46-[2]432 ; [4]-531-[1] ; [4]-474-[4] pages, paperback, antique dominoté boards. First French translation of this first history of electrical discoveries, translated by Abbé Nollet and J. Brisson. The work, illustrated with 9 fold-out plates and conceived on Benjamin Franklin's initiative, was re-read and corrected by him. A good copy, several pages browned.