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. By Sir Isaac Newton.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3193416
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv,[2],376p., iii folded leaves of plates : plans ; 4to. Scrap paper (marker?] inserted, p. 191. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; blind tooled on boards; gilt tooled spine; spine label missing.
Makers and roles
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)