Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 139

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica . . . Editio tertia aucta & emendata. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton by George Vertue after Vanderbank; text diagrams throughout. [32] (of [34]), 530, [6] (of [8]) pages; lacks the privilege leaf in front and ad leaf at end. 4to, 245x190 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; contents crisp and clean, front free endpaper loose. London: William & John Innys, 1726

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Last edition to appear in the author's lifetime, edited by Henry Pemberton, "the basis of all subsequent editions"--Babson 13. Wallis 9.