Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 325

Price Realized: $ 1,950
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. Opuscula mathematica, philosophica et philologica. 64 folding engraved plates; 2 folding letterpress tables. [4], xxviii, 420; [2], vi, [2], 401-423, [1], 400; [8], 566, [1] pages, including final leaf of binder's instructions. 3 volumes. 4to, 242x188 mm, later 18th-century tree calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, varying wear to spine ends, Volume 2 front joint cracked, cords intact, cover corners bumped or worn through; occasional foxing or browning. Front covers additionally stamped 'Lending Library T[rinity] C[ollege] D[ublin], with their stamp on verso of titles (released). Lausanne & Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1744

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first collected edition of Newton's writings. all published, omitting the Principia, Arithmetica universalis, and Optice et lectiones opticae. Babson 9; Wallis 2.