1st Edition Course of Six Lectures on the Forces of Matter 1860 Michael Faraday

Richard Griffin and Company, 1860. First edition antiquarian cloth bound hardcover of A Course of Six Lectures on the Various Forces of Matter and Their Relations to Each Other by Michael Faraday.

A series of Christmas lectures delivered by the eminent scientist Michael Faraday, inventor of the Faraday cage, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. The lectures aimed to make complex scientific principles accessible to a young audience, detailing fundamental concepts such as the force of gravity, chemical affinity, cohesion, heat, electricity, magnetism, and their interconnectedness.

Acceptable. The front pages are missing such that the book opens directly to the title page. Also, the back ad pages are cleanly cut out. The book's actual subject matter pages are all present. Covers worn, scuffed and bumped. Slight pulling to the crown of the spine. Light pencil markings to the endpaper of the front cover. Blind book stamp to the bottom of the title page. Binding okay with a lean to the page block. Pages slightly curved at the corners. Interior pages clean and crisp. Rare antiquarian book with blank front and end pages missing, but main subject matter intact.