A treatise of the system of the world.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3027342
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv,154,[2]p.,plates . ill.. . 8vo. Catchword, p. vii: portional.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped in gilt on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)