Lot 919
  • 919

(Newton, Isaac) -- Famiano Strada

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • (Newton, Isaac) -- Famiano Strada
  • Eloquentia bipartita. Pars prior. Prolusiones Academicas sive Prolixiores exhibet... Altera paradigmata eloquentia... Oxford: William Hall, 1662
  • Ink paper and cow
12mo (5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.; 120 x 70 mm). Contemporary English calf, blind-tooled flowers in corner; joints repaired. Half morocco case. 

Provenance

Isaac Newton (autograph signature and press-mark) — Christie's New York, 6 December 1989, lot 164. acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1990

Literature

Wing S5778; Harrison, The Library of Isaac Newton, 1574 

Catalogue Note

Isaac Newton's copy with his signature on the original endpaper detached from the board and his press-mark G1 - 18 on verso.