[NEWTON] VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton, Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes, 1738, 8° (213 x 131mm.), FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece of Voltaire, engraved idealized portrait of Newton, 6 folding engraved plates, one folding letterpress table, numerous engravings in text (stain to last two leaves, occasional light spotting, otherwise a good, clean copy), contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated in gilt (spine restored at head and tail, corners repaired). [Babson 120; Dawson 5013; Norman 2165; Wallis 155].

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[NEWTON] VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton, Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes, 1738, 8° (213 x 131mm.), FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece of Voltaire, engraved idealized portrait of Newton, 6 folding engraved plates, one folding letterpress table, numerous engravings in text (stain to last two leaves, occasional light spotting, otherwise a good, clean copy), contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated in gilt (spine restored at head and tail, corners repaired). [Babson 120; Dawson 5013; Norman 2165; Wallis 155].

拍品專文

During his exile in England (1725-1728) Voltaire became a fervent admirer of the Newtonian philosophy which he introduced to France. Newton's empiricism, experimental method and avoidance of dogma symbolized to Voltaire the Enlightenment's victorious assault on Christian theory and metaphysics.