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Acceptable. London: James Hodges, 1740. Presumed 1st edition. 8vo Hardcover. (2)+295pp+(3). Fold-out plates and text figures. Ex-Library Reading Copy. Brown leather boards with five raised spine bands, devices and lettering. Untrimmed pages. Heavy edgewear. Front board detached, but present. Spineworn. Upper right corner of front free endpaper and top-edge of title page torn away. Second front free endpaper cut out. Previous owner's name inked to the front pastedown. Slight dampstaining to many pages throughout. Library bookplate for Essex institute to the front pastedown. Harvard University Library rubber stamp to the verso title page. Typical period foxing throughout. (science, equipment, physics) Inquire if you need further information.