Newton, Opera, London, 1779-1785, 5 volumes, contemporary calf

NEWTON, ISAAC

Opera quae exstant omnia [edited by Samuel Horsley]. London: John Nichols, 1779-1785

5 volumes, 4to (290 x 230mm.), woodcut diagrams, vol.1: 2 double-page engraved tables; vol.3: 14 engraved plates; vol.4: 13 (of 14?) engraved plates; vol.5: 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary polished tan calf, double gilt fillet border, flat spines gilt, yellow edges, lacking all half-titles, joints cracking; sold not subject to return

FIRST AND ONLY COLLECTED EDITION of Newton's works, comprising his book publications and some correspondence but not his articles published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Copies are recorded with a portrait, not here present (and probably not part of the edition), and with an additional plate, though the bibliographies are unclear about the correct number of plates in this edition.

LITERATURE:

Babson 8; Wallis 1

PROVENANCE:

Lord Sandys, armorial bookplates