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NEWTON, Isaac. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. London: J. Tonson, J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1728.
4o (225 x 180 mm). Engraved headpiece and initial by P. Foudrinier, 3 folding engraved plates. (Title-page reinforced along gutter, gatherings A and a and B1 detached from textblock, some minor browning.) Contemporary calf (joints cracked). Provenance: Alexander Bannatyne (bookplate); I. Bernard Cohen (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, published one year of Newton's death. Originally written at the request of the Princess of Wales, The Chronology attempts to to determine the dates of ancient events through astronomical considerations. Wallis 309.
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FIRST EDITION, published one year of Newton's death. Originally written at the request of the Princess of Wales, The Chronology attempts to to determine the dates of ancient events through astronomical considerations. Wallis 309.