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Lot 310

NEWTON (ISAAC)
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica...Editio tertia aucta & emendata, William and John Innys, 1726

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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NEWTON (ISAAC)

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica...Editio tertia aucta & emendata, edited by Henry Pemberton, imprimatur leaf, engraved portrait frontispiece by George Vertue after Vanderbank, title printed in red and black, one engraved illustration, numerous woodcut diagrams, index and final advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, sides with 2-line gilt fillet border, worn, joints weakened [Babson 13; Wallis 9], 4to (245 x 190mm.), William and John Innys, 1726

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The last edition published during the author's lifetime and the basis of all subsequent editions. It was edited by Henry Pemberton, and contains a new preface by Newton and a substantial number of alterations, "the most important being the scholium on fluxions, in which Leibnitz is mentioned by name" (Babson).

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