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NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica . . . Editio tertia aucta & emendata. Edited by Henry Pemberton. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton by George Vertue after Vanderbank; text diagrams throughout. [34], 530, [6] (of [8]) pages, including the initial privilege leaf and half-title; lacks final ad leaf. 4to, 240x189 mm, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, joints cracked, cords intact; contents generally clean with only isolated minor foxing, frontispiece cropped in lower margin affecting bottom line with names of artist and engraver. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Hopetoun. London: William & John Innys, 1726
Third authorized edition and fifth overall, revised and enlarged, the last edition to appear in the author's lifetime. Babson 13 ("the basis of all subsequent editions"); Wallis 9.
