GRAVESANDE, Willem Jakob Storm van's. Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, confirm'd by experiments; or, an introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy, translated into English by J. T. Desaguliers, London: J. Sennex, W. and J. Innys; J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1726. 2 volumes, 8°, first title printed in black and red, 58 folding engraved plates, woodcut headpieces (both titles lightly soiled, a few spots), contemporary panelled calf (spines restored, new labels, very rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Sir David Lionel Goldsmith Stern Salomons, Kent, bookplate. Third edition. Wallis 83.2.

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GRAVESANDE, Willem Jakob Storm van's. Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, confirm'd by experiments; or, an introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy, translated into English by J. T. Desaguliers, London: J. Sennex, W. and J. Innys; J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1726. 2 volumes, 8°, first title printed in black and red, 58 folding engraved plates, woodcut headpieces (both titles lightly soiled, a few spots), contemporary panelled calf (spines restored, new labels, very rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Sir David Lionel Goldsmith Stern Salomons, Kent, bookplate. Third edition. Wallis 83.2.

With James Smith' Panorama of Science and Art (2 vols., Liverpool, n.d.) and Francis Grose's The Antiquities of England and Wales (incomplete, 6 vols. only, lacking vol. 5, London, n.d.). (10)

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