NEWTON, Isaac. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, translated by Andrew Motte, London: for Benjamin Motte, 1729, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, engraved allegorical frontispieces and vignettes by the translator, 49 folding engraved plates, woodcut text diagrams, 2 folding letterpress tables in volume II (light offsetting from frontispieces and vignettes, some light offsetting of plates onto blank areas of the folding sheets, vol. I: plates 21-24 with light grey spotting and discolouration, some upper outer corners of text lightly creased, vol. II: quire B8 in the second part misbound within itself, some light grey spotting of margins), contemporary speckled calf, covers with double gilt fillet (but detached, gilt library markings). [Babson 20; Brunet IV, 49; Honeyman 2309; Norman 1587; Wallis 23] Provenance: The Right Honble. John Ld. De la Warr (armorial bookplate); JCL (2)