RATIONAL RECREATIONS, in which the PRINCIPLES of NUMBERS and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of EASY, ENTERTAINING, INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS. Among which are all those commonly performed with the CARDS

London: Printed for L. Davis, J. Robson, B. Law, and G. Robinson, 1774. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Complete in four volumes. Printed for L. Davis, J. Robson, B. Law, and G. Robinson, 1774; collated, complete, with all 65 original engraved, fold-out plates. With the one minor exception of Vol. III's loose ffep and half-title pages, all pages and plates are present and firmly bound together; the set is missing four of eight boards, and the ones that remain are in rough shape. Some liquid staining to a three plates in Vol. IV, else text, plates in very good condition, with some minor toning and foxing to leaves. Title labels missing from spines, stamped volume numbers remain clearly legible. Contemporary signature of "Wm Auber" in each volume. Pagination is as follows: Volume I "Containing Arithmetical and Mechanical Experiments": [3 (ffep, half-title, title)], xvi, 267pp., including advertisement, introduction, errata, description of the plates, 12 numbered folding plates, table of contents at rear; Volume II: "Containing Experiments in Optics, Chromatics, and Acoustics": [3 (ffep, half-title, title)], xi, 280pp. including description of the plates, 19 numbered folding plates, table of contents at rear; Volume III: "Containing Electrical and Magnetical Experiments": [3 (ffep, half-title, title)], xii, 296pp., including description of the plates, 20 numbered folding plates, table contents in rear; Volume IV: "Containing Experiments in Pneumatics, Hydrology, and Pyrotechnics, with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Recreations": [3 (ffep, half-title, title)], xi, 367pp., including description of the plates, 14 numbered folding plates, table of contents in rear. Vols. II, III, & IV have one plate each listed in the wrong place--plate XVII, Vol. II; plate XIII, Vol. III; and plate X, Vol. IV. Rare. Perfect for a rebinding project! Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges to apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.