Newton, Isaac, Sir | Lectiones opticæ, annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI …, London, 1729, first complete edition, contemporary vellum

Newton, Isaac, Sir

Lectiones opticæ, annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI. in scholis publicis habitæ: et nunc primum ex MSS. in lucem editæ. London: W. lnnys, 1729

First complete edition; a small part of the Optical lectures was first published in 1728 in an incomplete translation of book I of the Latin text.

4to (223 x 176 mm). Half-title, title-page with woodcut ornament, further woodcut initials and ornaments, 5 pages of errata, 24 folding engraved plates bound at end (numbered 1–13, I–XI); first six leaves apparently supplied from another copy, plate 18 just shaved by binder and with edge of caption pasted back onto outer margin. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title at head of spine, green edges

REFERENCES

ESTC T18664; Wallis 191

PROVENANCE

M. L. Borromeo Arese/M. Favia del Core (bookplate)