Newton, Sir Isaac. [PRINCIPIA] THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY... TRANSLATED... BY ANDREW MOTTE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE LAWES OF THE MOON'S MOTION, ACCORDING TO GRAVITY. BY JOHN MACHIN... IN TWO VOLUMES. LONDON: FOR BENJAMIN MOTTE, 1729 8vo (227 x 130mm.), 2 volumes, first edition in English, wide margins, engraved frontispiece in each volume by Motte, headpieces and 47 folding plates (numbered 1-25, 1-19 and 3 unnumbered), 2 folding letterpress tables (at pp.352 and 377), one page of manuscript notes in ink (probably in the hand of William Jones loosely inserted at vol.1 pp.300-301 (referring to Proposition XC, Problem XLIV), contemporary black morocco, gilt roll-tooled border to sides, spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-pieces, red edges, preserved in modern black cloth slipcases, very minor wear to bindings
Newton, Sir Isaac. [PRINCIPIA] THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY... TRANSLATED... BY ANDREW MOTTE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE LAWES OF THE MOON'S MOTION, ACCORDING TO GRAVITY. BY JOHN MACHIN... IN TWO VOLUMES. LONDON: FOR BENJAMIN MOTTE, 1729 8vo (227 x 130mm.), 2 volumes, first edition in English, wide margins, engraved frontispiece in each volume by Motte, headpieces and 47 folding plates (numbered 1-25, 1-19 and 3 unnumbered), 2 folding letterpress tables (at pp.352 and 377), one page of manuscript notes in ink (probably in the hand of William Jones loosely inserted at vol.1 pp.300-301 (referring to Proposition XC, Problem XLIV), contemporary black morocco, gilt roll-tooled border to sides, spines in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-pieces, red edges, preserved in modern black cloth slipcases, very minor wear to bindings
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