NEWTON, Isaac. Optical Lectures read in the Publick Schools of the University of Cambridge, anno domini 1669, London: for Francis Fayram, 1728, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 13 folding engraved plates, contemporary half calf (rubbed). [Babson 154; Wallis 190] Provenance: Francis Drake (armorial bookplate); JCL

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NEWTON, Isaac. Optical Lectures read in the Publick Schools of the University of Cambridge, anno domini 1669, London: for Francis Fayram, 1728, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 13 folding engraved plates, contemporary half calf (rubbed). [Babson 154; Wallis 190] Provenance: Francis Drake (armorial bookplate); JCL

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"The present Treatise is a faithful Translation of a very correct Copy, taken from the Latin Original, as it was read in 1669" (Preface to this work)

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