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MacLaurin, Colin (1698-1746) An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. [...] Published from the Author's Manuscript Papers by Patrick Murdoch. London: printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's-Head over against Catharine-street in the Strand, 1750. Second edition, octavo, ex libris William Orde, of Trinity College, Cambridge, with his signature dated 1755 on ffep, half-title present, illustrated with six leaves of folding engraved diagrams, bound in full contemporary speckled English calfskin, red leather label, joints cracked, head and tail knocked with some loss, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Ex libris Dr. Adrian Pollock
Estimate $300-500
[pi]2, a-b8, B-Z8, Aa-Cc8, Dd6.
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Isaac Newton, Adrian Pollock, William Orde, London, CambridgeJohn Dorfman
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