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Molyneux, William (1656-1698) Dioptrica Nova. A Treatise of Dioptricks.
London: Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1692.
Quarto, [pi]4, B4, [second] B4, C-Z4, Aa-Qq4, half-title present, later half cloth with marbled paper boards, two plates stained and torn, one plate with folding section detached, forty-three plates present; ex library, inscriptions and stamps to title, stamps on versos of all plates, browning, headlines cropped; bound in later half buckram and marbled paper boards, worn, 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
First edition. Molyneux's rare work, the first on optics published in English, includes Halley's theorem for finding a lens's focal length. Wing M-2405; ESTC R3440.
