8vo. xli, [1], 680 pp. Title in red & black, frontisp. portrait, numerous text diagrams. Full red leather, elaborately gilt decorated covers, raised bands & gilt lettering on spine, a.e.g., silk moire endpapers, NF copy, from the library of Robert A. Taylor, w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First Easton Press Collector's Edition of the famed Motte translation of Newton's Principia, arguably one of the most important books in the history of science & mathematics. Printing & the Mind of Man, 161.

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Title

Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and his system of the world. Translated into English by Andrew Motte in 1729. The translations revised, and supplied with an historical and explanatory appendix, by Florian Cajori. Introduction by Richard S. Westfall. Collectors edition.

Publisher

Easton Press, [1992]., Norwalk, CT:

Publication Date

1992

Binding

Hardcover

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Physics

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