Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Facsimile of Third Edition with Variant Readings; Vols. 1 and 2. in Latin.
by: Newton, Isaac edited by Alex

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st thus., 1972, Two hardcover volumes in bright dust jackets. Folio. [4], v-xl, [2], 1-547, [3]; [7], 548-916 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece portrait of Isaac Newton, taken from the 1726 edition of Newton's Principia. Also illustrated with 67 in-text diagrams, from the original editions. Facsimile half-title, title, and text pages as well, all taken from the first three published editions of Newton's Principia. Assembled and edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen with the assistance of Anne Whitman. This edition of Isaac Newton's Principia is the first edition that enables the reader to see at a glance the stages of evolution of the work from the completion of the manuscript draft of the first edition in 1685 to the publication of the third edition, authorized by Newton, in 1726. A series of appendices provides additional material on the development of the Principia; the contributions of Roger Cotes and of Henry Pemberton; drafts of Newton's preface to the third edition; a bibliography of the Principia, describing in detail the three substantive editions and all the known subsequent editions; an index of names mentioned in the third edition; and a complete table of contents of the third edition. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf of both volumes. Otherwise a bright, clean set. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.