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Condition: Fair
Description: 376 pp. with three folding plates. Disbound. Text unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Newton's celebrated work, published posthumously. pp.xiv.[2].376. Engraved head-piece and initial by P. FoudrinierThe three fold-out plans present, fine. Attractive rebinding; looks early C20th. Undulating margins. No annotations. From the library of John Saul.
Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good
Description: The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is Prefixd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. By Sir Isaac Newton, Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand and J. Osborn and T. Longman in Pater-Noster Row, London, 1728, 376 pp, three folding plates, Cambridge leather binding, 10 x 7.5, 4to. In good condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to edges and corners. Numerous scratch marks to surface of leather with areas of peeling and desiccation, particularly to edges. Joints tender and lightly cracked. Spine abraded weigh loss at morocco spine label. Raised bands rubbed and dried. Lovely Cambridge ruling and decorative tooling. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Fydell, Esq on front pastedown. Historian John Pocock (b. 1924) signature on title. H. Pickell 4.4.96 on fly as well below Pococks signature. The name is written again in old hand on the title. Worming to pastedown along left edge top corner and gutter at bottom. Worming is continuous throughout the text at the gutter and the margin. Small patch of worming to top corner of margins with text unaffected. Small patch of dampness staining to bottom corner of front fly. Light age toning throughout with minor instances of foxing. Free of known marginalia. Folding plates in good working order without tears. Binding tight and intact. Sound. Please see photos. 1st edition, large paper issue on thick paper of Newtons attempts to verify historical accounts of ancient civilizations through astronomical principles.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
. Large Paper Copy of Newton's Occult Work The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.. , 1728.
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Description: NEWTON, Isaac (1642-1727). The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. London: J. Tonson, J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1728. Engraved head-piece and initial by P. Foudrinier, 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, rebacked with red morocco spine label; internally some foxing and toning. First edition, A LARGE PAPER COPY, measuring 285 x 222 mm ; i.e. taller than the Babson copy (264mm) and the Green copy (281mm) of the large paper issue. Provenance: Early inscription of a woman owner to the inner boards: Miss. F Sharpe. Ref: Wallis 309. "According to John Conduitt's introductory letter, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended was Isaac Newton's last personally revised work before his death but had actually been written much earlier. Some of its subject material and contents have led many people to categorize this work as one of Isaac Newton's occult studies." As evidenced by his study of the Temple of Solomon contained within the work, Newton "believed that many ancient sources were endowed with sacred wisdom and that the proportions of many of their temples were in themselves sacred" [Wikipedia].
Seller: Adam Weinberger Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.