Live auction - Lot 1126
[Physics - Newton]
Philosophiae Newtonianae institutiones, in usus academicos [2nd enl. ed.].
Leiden & Amsterdam, J.A. Langerak & J. & H. Verbeek, B. Lakeman, 1728
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: [16] pp., pp. 1-225, [1 bl.] p., pp. 225-488, [16] pp. (toned, dampstained and spotted).
Later vellum, flat spine with morocco label, red edges, marbled endpapers, green cloth marker. Good copy.
Abbreviated version (1st 1723) of "Physices elementa mathematica" (Leiden 1721) by the Leiden professor G. J. ’s Gravesande (1688-1742), which was the most influential introduction to Newton at least before 1750. 17 numbered folding pl. Engraved mark on title. Title in red and black.
Ref. STCN 238294420. - Bierens de Haan 112.
Prov. Old name on front flyleaf and pp. 50-51.