Lot Essay
The last edition published in Newton's lifetime, and the basis of all subsequent editions, with a new preface by Newton, and a large number of amendments.
Details
NEWTON, Issac (1642-1727). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, London: William & John Innys, 1726, 4° (243 x 190mm.), third edition, title printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams, engraving of the cometary orbit on p. 506 (lacking the portrait, two stamps to verso of title and another to H2 recto, slight ink stain to C3 and C4), contemporary calf (rebacked, repairs to covers). [Babson 12; Wallis 9].
Provenance
John Crosley, early signature to title; A. Macaulay, Dec. 7, 1811, signature to front endpaper; New College Edinburgh, stamp.