Newton, Isaac, Sir | Opticks …, London, 1718, second, enlarged edition, in a contemporary binding

Newton, Isaac, Sir

Opticks: Or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light. London: W. & J. Innys, 1718

Second, enlarged, edition with additions, in a contemporary binding.

8vo (194 x 120 mm). Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 12 folding engraved plates, a few diagrams, final leaf containing list of books for sale by Will. Innys; "Book 1 part 2" plates detached and loosely preserved, spotting and dampstaining. Contemporary speckled calf gilt, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece to second compartment, old manuscript shelfmark on paper label pasted to bottom compartment, red-sprinkled edges; one or two small wormholes, extremities rubbed.

REFERENCES

ESTC T18663; Wallis 175

PROVENANCE

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