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NEWTON, Isaac (1643-1747). -- VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Elemens de la philosophie de Neuton. London [but Paris]: N.p. [but Prault], 1738. 8°. Half-title, title printed in red and black. Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding table, numerous engraved plates, numerous engraved vignettes. (Short marginal tear on folding plate). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges sprinkled red (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: J. Ladimir Francois (label); Alfred Cortot (bookplate).
“Nouvelle edition,” also published with an Amsterdam and London imprint in the same year.
[With:]
HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679). Elementa Philosophica de Cive. [Amsterdam: Elzivir, author’s introduction and dedication dated 1646]. 12°. Engraved title-page. (Lacking letterpress title-page.) Original vellum, spine gilt-lettered, blue edges (some wear, as usual). Provenance: a few early inscriptions on paste-downs.
“Nouvelle edition,” also published with an Amsterdam and London imprint in the same year.
[With:]
HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679). Elementa Philosophica de Cive. [Amsterdam: Elzivir, author’s introduction and dedication dated 1646]. 12°. Engraved title-page. (Lacking letterpress title-page.) Original vellum, spine gilt-lettered, blue edges (some wear, as usual). Provenance: a few early inscriptions on paste-downs.