Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
NEWTON, ISAAC, Sir. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. 3 folding engraved plates. xiv, [2], 376 pages. 4to, 235x180 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, missing small piece at bottom, cords intact; scattered marginal spotting and soiling. London: J. Tonson et al., 1728

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first edition of Newton's attempt to employ astronomical principles to verify the chronology of ancient history. Babson 214; DSB X, 82; Wallis 309.