(Paris, Crochard, 1828). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 39 (Sec. Cahier), With halftitle to vol. 39. pp. 113-224. (Entire issue offered). Ampere's paper: pp. 113-145 a. 1 folded engrave plate. The plate with a few, mostly marginal brownspots.
First appearance of Ampere's mathematical treatment of Fresnel's ondulatory theory of light, agreeing with Fresnel and opposed to Biot and Laplace who advocated a corpuscular theory.