A. A. V. V. - Scelta di Opuscoli Interessanti [Volta, Spallanzani, Lavoisier, Franklin] - 1775-1777

Prestigious compendium of the scientific world of the late eighteenth century, very rare to find complete with all 36 volumes, consisting of essays and memoirs by the most important scientists of the era, in some cases translated into Italian for the first time or published in the first edition.

Among the authors, the names of Volta, Lavoisier, Landriani, De Saussure, Spallanzani, Ferguson, Franklin, Beccaria, and Priestley stand out, and the topics covered span various fields and disciplines (physics, chemistry, mechanics, medicine, natural history, etc.). See Riccardi, I, 217-18.

The 'Selection of booklets' was compiled by the printer Giovanni Francesco Soave (1743-1806) and the scientist Carlo Amoretti (1741-1816).

The first 12 volumes are part of the edition published in Turin, while the remaining ones are part of the edition published simultaneously in Milan.

Interesting brochures translated from various languages, Torino and Milan, Giammichele Briolo and Giuseppe Marelli, 1775-1777.

Complete Works in 36 volumes bound in 9 tomes.

Vol. I: pp. 74, (II). COMPLETE, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. II: pp. 71, (I). Complete, with 2 folded plates outside the text.

Vol. III: pp. 75, (I). Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. IV: pages 80. Complete.

Vol. V: pp. 80. Complete, with 2 folded plates outside the text.

Vol. VI: pp. 88. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. VII: pp. 84. Complete, with 2 folded plates out of text.

Vol. VIII: pp. 93, (III). Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. IX: pp. 83, (I). Complete, with 1 plate outside the text.

Vol. X: pp. 82, (II). Complete with the text, the second folded plate is missing (tear, without loss, on the first).

Vol. XI: pp. 78, (II). Complete, with 2 folded plates outside the text.

Vol. XII: pp. 75, (I). Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text (large tear, but without losses).

Vol. XIII: pp. 120. Complete, with 2 folded plates outside the text.

Vol. XIV: pages 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XV: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XVI: pages 131. (I). Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XVII: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XVIII: pp. 120. Complete with the text, but the fold-out plate outside the text is missing.

Vol. XIX: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XX: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Volume XXI: pages 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text (small tear without losses).

Vol. XXII: pages 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXIII: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXIV: pp. 120. Complete.

Vol. XXV: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate out of text.

Vol. XXVI: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXVII: pp. 120. Complete.

Vol. XXVIII: pp. 120, (II). Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXIX: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXX: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXXI: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXXII: pp. 120. Complete with the text, but the folded plate outside the text is missing.

Vol. XXXIII: pp. 120. Complete, with 2 folded plates outside the text.

Vol. XXXIV: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXXV: pp. 120. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

Vol. XXXVI: pp. 120, 12. Complete, with 1 folded plate outside the text.

There are 37 out of 40 plates outside the text: the second plate of Vol. X, the plate of Vol. XVIII, and the plate of Vol. XXXII are missing.

Copies with cards in overall good/very good condition, with some wear on the plates and the usual signs of use and age. Missing the lower white margin of the frontispiece of volume XIX.

Contemporary bindings in full parchment, very well preserved. White guard sheets. Red edges.