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[NEWTON, Sir Isaac]. -- [PEMBERTON, Henry (1684-1771)]. A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. London: S. Palmer, 1728.
4o (268 x 211 mm). Engraved title-vignette, 12 engraved folding plates, head- and tail-pieces and initials by Pine. (Some minor mostly marginal worming.) 19th-century half calf and marbled boards (some light rubbing). Provenance: John Francis Davis (bookplate); David Bryce (ownership inscription dated 12. Nov. 1910); Gordon W. Jones (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Pemberton's explanation of Newtonianism, especially written for a general audience without mathematical training. The work remains one of the most important sources on Newton's later years, written by a close friend and one who was invited by Newton to edit the third edition of the Principia. In the list of subscribers Sir Isaac Newton is recorded as having ordered 12 copies. Babson 98.
4o (268 x 211 mm). Engraved title-vignette, 12 engraved folding plates, head- and tail-pieces and initials by Pine. (Some minor mostly marginal worming.) 19th-century half calf and marbled boards (some light rubbing). Provenance: John Francis Davis (bookplate); David Bryce (ownership inscription dated 12. Nov. 1910); Gordon W. Jones (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of Pemberton's explanation of Newtonianism, especially written for a general audience without mathematical training. The work remains one of the most important sources on Newton's later years, written by a close friend and one who was invited by Newton to edit the third edition of the Principia. In the list of subscribers Sir Isaac Newton is recorded as having ordered 12 copies. Babson 98.