AN ACCOUNT OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOVERIES IN FOUR BOOKS
by MacLaurin, Colin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the authors children and sold by A. Millar,, 1748. half-title, title-page, dedication page, [ii] contents, [xx] subscriber's list, errata with pub. advert list of 3 lately pub. books, and six folding engraved plates within the text. xx [account of the author, Maclaurin, by Patrick Murdoch; half-title, 392pp. Pages 20 and 21 mis-numbered 21 and 20. Armorial bookplate [75x100mm] of Robert Clive A,M, 253 x 200mm. Original full calf with five raised bands to the spine. Worn at the extremities but boards still securely attached. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. 1st Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TS164
- Title
- AN ACCOUNT OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOVERIES IN FOUR BOOKS
- Author
- MacLaurin, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the authors children and sold by A. Millar,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1748
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Isaac Newton
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Errata
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- Calf
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