GREGORY, David (1659-1708). Astronomiae, physicae & geometricae elementa, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1702, 2° (345 x 225mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved device of Minerva after M. Burg to title, woodcut diagrams in text (stamp to verso of title), original vellum (small paper label to tail of spine), sprinkled edges (minor stain to fore-edge). [Babson 71; Sotheran I, 1652; Wallis 87].

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GREGORY, David (1659-1708). Astronomiae, physicae & geometricae elementa, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1702, 2° (345 x 225mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved device of Minerva after M. Burg to title, woodcut diagrams in text (stamp to verso of title), original vellum (small paper label to tail of spine), sprinkled edges (minor stain to fore-edge). [Babson 71; Sotheran I, 1652; Wallis 87].

Provenance

Gregorius Mauritius Lowitz, later ownership inscription to title; R. Gr. v. Veltheim, stamp.

Lot Essay

The first astronomical textbook on gravitational principles, important for containing the first publication of Newton's paper "Lunae theoria", the original statement of Newton's lunar theory.

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