Lot 401
MACLAURIN, COLIN
AN ACCOUNT OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOVERIES...
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
£688
Description
London: A. Millar, 1750. Second edition, 8vo, 6 folding plates, contemporary calf, some rubbing to covers, some rubbing to p.vii with loss to a few words, occasional small holes and slight dust-soiling to margins [ESTC T94022]
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the late Dr. Nicholas Phillipson, Emeritus Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Phillipson is best known as a leading historian on the Scottish Enlightenment and its wider European context. His best known work is Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life [2010], a detailed biography of the economist which covered new ground and won acclaim.