Lot 256
Astronomy.- Gregory (David) Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa, first edition, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1702.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Astronomy.- Gregory (David) Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa, first edition, engraved title-vignette, woodcut diagrams, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine label, extremities slightly rubbed, [Babson 71; Houzeau & Lancaster 9240; Wallis 87], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1702.
⁂ Handsome and clean copy of the first textbook of astronomy based on Newtonian principles, which contains the first printings of Newton's lunar theory and his "classical scholia".
Provenance: The Earl of Breadalbane (bookplate).
Description
Astronomy.- Gregory (David) Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa, first edition, engraved title-vignette, woodcut diagrams, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine label, extremities slightly rubbed, [Babson 71; Houzeau & Lancaster 9240; Wallis 87], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1702.
⁂ Handsome and clean copy of the first textbook of astronomy based on Newtonian principles, which contains the first printings of Newton's lunar theory and his "classical scholia".
Provenance: The Earl of Breadalbane (bookplate).
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