Maxwell's book on electromagnetism, it shows his hindsight perspective on interpreting the phenomena. One can look at the papers and works he wrote that led up to it, but they are full of detours and unbalanced attention with small dead ends. When he writes his book he tries to convince the audience of his time in one comprehensive work. What I love especially, is that he is very careful and systematic about his conc…
Do you have a place to get a good copy of this? Amazon seems to be turning up those dodgy PDF rips to print.
https://store.doverpublications.com/048646119x.html
If you want something nicer you could find a old used hardcover from the mid-twentieth century. Sometimes big reference works like this have never actually been used and are in effectively new condition.