Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Edited by John Martin Frederick Wright. Text diagrams throughout. [iii]-xxx, [2], 431, [1]; [6], 320; [4], xxxvi, 344; [2], vi, 202, [1] pages; Volume 1 lacks half-title. 4 volumes in 2. 8vo, 236x148 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spines slightly faded; some toning and foxing; marbled edges. 19th-century ownership inscriptions of James Gallichan of St. John's College, Cambridge. Glasgow: Andrew and John M. Duncan for Lackington et al., 1822

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First Glasgow re-issue of the 1739-42 so-called Jesuits' edition. Babson 32; Wallis 17.