Lot 656

Newton, Isaac

Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
£900
Description
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London: G. and J. Innys, 1726, 4to, modern calf, license leaf, portrait and title supplied in facsimile, several other leaves supplied from another copy, damp-staining throughout in upper margin and extending into text from Ppp1, slight damp-staining in fore margin, a few leaves renewed in inner margin, occasional light soiling, a few marginal repairs
Footnote
Note: The last edition of Newton's Principia published during his lifetime. Babson 13.
Provenance: Evan Davis, Tannhdda, inscription on page 146.
