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Weygand
Leipzig
1782
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)."Briefe an einen philosophischen Zweifler in Beziehung aufHume's Gespräche, das System der Natur, und ähnliche Schriften. Aus dem Englischen". Leipzig: Weygand, 1782. First German edition. 8vo. 270, (2) pp. Orig. leather binding from the time with gilt title on the spine.
Joseph Priestley was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and Liberal political theorist. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state. - Rare first German edition. - Binding worn and damaged by woodworm. Inside clean and well preserved.