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November 17, 2013 11:00 AMCalender
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Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's (1688-1742) Physices Elementa Mathematica

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$923$750
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2687BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 17, 2013 11:00AM

Description:

Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's (1688-1742) Physices Elementa Mathematica. Leiden: Petrum Vander Aa & Baldiunum Janssonium Vander Aa, 1720.
Two volumes bound as one, quarto, illustrated with numerous folding plates, some extensive blocks of contemporary ms. annotation; title page, preliminaries, and final leaves browned and detached, contents toned and spotted with occasional water stains, both boards detached, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
[with] Two Newton partial sets: Principia, Geneva: Barrillot & Son, 1740, volumes two and three only, quarto, in uniform contemporary speckled calf, bindings somewhat worn, contents toned; [and] Isaaci Newtoni Equitis Aurati Opuscula, Lausanne & Geneva: Bousquet, 1744, volume three only, quarto, both boards detached, heavy water staining to contents, these volumes not collated. (4)
Estimate $700-900

Physices Elementa Mathematica has fifty-eight folding plates, text not collated.


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