Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de

Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton.  Amsterdam: Jacques Desbordes, 1738



8vo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.; 191 x 120 mm).  Nine engraved plates, including the frontispiece, engraved text illustrations (that on p. 329 printed correctly, as in the Norman copy); very faint dampstaining at bottom of half-title, scattered faint foxing, "3324" written in black ink at top of title-page.  Vellum; stained.

J.K. Snarski (stamped in red on title-page)—"Alexandre Schevaty" (signature on back paste-down)

Babson 120; Norman 2165; Cohen-De Ricci 1037

First issue of the first edition.  This book helped pave the way for the investigations of Laplace and Lagrange.  With it, Voltaire "committed himself entirely to the propagation of Newtonianism" (Norman).