NEWTON, ISAAC. Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society 1704. 4to, 244 x 191mm. (9 5/8 x 7 1/2in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original backstrip and red morocco gilt label laid down, corners strengthened, upper joint cracked, small dampstain to a few upper blank margins near gutter. FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 19 folding engraved plates. Babson/Macomber 132; Buffalo/Sparrow 150; Dibner Heralds of Science 148; Grolier/Horblit 79b; PMM 172. Internally an exceptional copy. "This work includes assertions of the priority of Newton over Leibniz in the discovery of the calculus, explanations of optical phenomena such as the rainbow, 'Newton rings', the double refraction of Icelandic spar, and important 'Queries' as to the nature of matter."--Grolier/Horblit. Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit, bookplate.
NEWTON, ISAAC. Opticks: Or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, printers to the Royal Society 1704. 4to, 244 x 191mm. (9 5/8 x 7 1/2in.), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original backstrip and red morocco gilt label laid down, corners strengthened, upper joint cracked, small dampstain to a few upper blank margins near gutter. FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black, 19 folding engraved plates. Babson/Macomber 132; Buffalo/Sparrow 150; Dibner Heralds of Science 148; Grolier/Horblit 79b; PMM 172. Internally an exceptional copy. "This work includes assertions of the priority of Newton over Leibniz in the discovery of the calculus, explanations of optical phenomena such as the rainbow, 'Newton rings', the double refraction of Icelandic spar, and important 'Queries' as to the nature of matter."--Grolier/Horblit. Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit, bookplate.
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