Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. English translation by Andrew Motte. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton; woodcut text diagrams. 61, [1], [65]-581, [1] pages. 8vo, 232x145 mm, publisher's sheep with leather lettering piece, spine ends slightly chipped, joints cracked at top and bottom; moderate foxing on endpapers, scattered light foxing elsewhere. This lot is not from the Gutzwiller collection. New York: Daniel Adee, 1848

Additional Details

first american edition, first issue, state printed on thick paper, in publisher's sheepskin instead of cloth. Babson 24; Wallis 26.