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Mathematics.- Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 2 parts in 1, first part title in red and black and with engraved device, second part title with woodcut device, 3 folding engraved plates, numerous diagrams in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining to first part, both parts occasional spotting and lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed and with some staining, [Wallis 12; cf. Babson 207 (1711 edition of Analysis)], 4to, Amsterdam, for the Companies, 1723.

⁂ The second Amsterdam reprint of the second edition, and the only one to contain 'Analysis per Quantitatum Series', with a separate title and pagination. 'Newton's first independent treatise on the higher mathematics, containing his invention of the calculus.' (Babson)

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Mathematics.- Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 2 parts in 1, first part title in red and black and with engraved device, second part title with woodcut device, 3 folding engraved plates, numerous diagrams in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining to first part, both parts occasional spotting and lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed and with some staining, [Wallis 12; cf. Babson 207 (1711 edition of Analysis)], 4to, Amsterdam, for the Companies, 1723.

⁂ The second Amsterdam reprint of the second edition, and the only one to contain 'Analysis per Quantitatum Series', with a separate title and pagination. 'Newton's first independent treatise on the higher mathematics, containing his invention of the calculus.' (Babson)

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