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Lot 166

NEWTON (ISAAC)
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, Cambridge, [Cornelius Crownfield at the University Press], 1713

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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NEWTON (ISAAC)

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, second edition, engraved device on title, double-page engraved plate, woodcut diagrams throughout, second leaf with repaired tear in blank area, plate with waterstain outside platemark, ink marginalia and occasional ink stains, blindstamped calf by Aquarius [Babson 12; Wallis 8], 4to, Cambridge, [Cornelius Crownfield at the University Press], 1713

Footnotes

The second edition of the Principia, with Newton's important revisions and additions to the chapters on lunar and cometary theory, and the Scholium generale, which appears in print for the first time. Also added was Cotes' long preface, essentially "a lengthy and important essay outlining his own version of Newton's method" (ODNB), which was authorised by Newton and Richard Bentley. Babson suggests that 750 copies were printed.

Provenance: J. Whitehead, ownership inscription on title and marginalia making reference to Herschel's discovery of "Georgium Sidus" (Uranus) in 1781; John Chapman (1801–1854), engineer and writer.

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