NEWTON, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica ... editio secunda, edited by Roger Cotes, Cambridge: 1713, 4° (240 x 185mm.), second edition, engraved vignette to title, one folding engraved plate, numerous diagrams in text, with first and final blank (small hole to F3 and R1, paper fault to G1 and Z3, upper margin of first few leaves dampstained, plate lightly browned, occasional light stains), contemporary panelled calf (restored), contemporary annotations in ink to a few leaves. [Babson 12: "about 750 copies were printed"; Wallis Newton 8]

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NEWTON, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica ... editio secunda, edited by Roger Cotes, Cambridge: 1713, 4° (240 x 185mm.), second edition, engraved vignette to title, one folding engraved plate, numerous diagrams in text, with first and final blank (small hole to F3 and R1, paper fault to G1 and Z3, upper margin of first few leaves dampstained, plate lightly browned, occasional light stains), contemporary panelled calf (restored), contemporary annotations in ink to a few leaves. [Babson 12: "about 750 copies were printed"; Wallis Newton 8]

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