Excerpta quaedam
by NEWTON, Isaac
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1765. FIRST EDITION. The first ten pages contain a list of subscribers (mainly from Oxford and Cambridge) and a corrigenda. With12 folding plates. Bound in old boards, rebacked, a clean and crisp copy, uncut. SUBSCRIBER'S COPY
NEWTON, Isaac
Excerpta quaedam e Newtoni Principiis philosophiae naturalis, cum notis variorum. Cambridge: Typis Academicis Excudebat J. Bentham, 1765. 4to. The first ten pages contain a list of subscribers (mainly from Oxford and Cambridge) and a corrigenda. With 12 folding plates. Bound in old boards, uncut.
First edition of this rather rare series of excerpts from Newton's Principia, published in response to the public clamor for copies and excerpts from the book itself. $ 7500.00.
NEWTON, Isaac
Excerpta quaedam e Newtoni Principiis philosophiae naturalis, cum notis variorum. Cambridge: Typis Academicis Excudebat J. Bentham, 1765. 4to. The first ten pages contain a list of subscribers (mainly from Oxford and Cambridge) and a corrigenda. With 12 folding plates. Bound in old boards, uncut.
First edition of this rather rare series of excerpts from Newton's Principia, published in response to the public clamor for copies and excerpts from the book itself. $ 7500.00.
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- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19374
- Title
- Excerpta quaedam
- Author
- NEWTON, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- J. Bentham
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1765
- Keywords
- newton, mathematics, physics, mechanics, 18th century, english imprints
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- Crisp
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- Rebacked
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...