[NEWTON, ISAAC.] Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones, ac differentias: cum enumeratione linearum tertii ordinis. [Edited by William Jones]. London: ex officina Pearsoniana 1711. 4to, 238 x 175mm. (9 3/8 x 6 7/8in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners renewed, new endpapers, worn, upper joint cracked, a few spots. FIRST EDITION, fine-paper copy, 2 double-page engraved tables, numerous text diagrams, engraved vignette on title, other head- and tailpiece engraved vignettes. Babson/Macomber 207.

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[NEWTON, ISAAC.] Analysis per quantitatum series, fluxiones, ac differentias: cum enumeratione linearum tertii ordinis. [Edited by William Jones]. London: ex officina Pearsoniana 1711. 4to, 238 x 175mm. (9 3/8 x 6 7/8in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners renewed, new endpapers, worn, upper joint cracked, a few spots. FIRST EDITION, fine-paper copy, 2 double-page engraved tables, numerous text diagrams, engraved vignette on title, other head- and tailpiece engraved vignettes. Babson/Macomber 207.

Newton's first independent treatise on the higher mathematics, containing his discovery of the differential calculus.

Provenance: Sion College, contemporary inscription on original endpaper (revealed by window cut in new endpaper) and "SC" initials in imprint line on title -- Harrison D. Horblit, bookplate.