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NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. London for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. image 1
NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. London for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. image 2
NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. London for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. image 3
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NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7.
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777.

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NEWTON, ISAAC. 1642-1726/7.

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777.
4to (300 x 240 mm). Half-title, 22 folding engraved diagrams. Original boards, uncut, rebacked, with new title label, front cover reattached, modern slipcase, minor foxing, 3/4" tear to margin of p 317.

FIRST EDITION OF THORP'S TRANSLATION OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA. "In many ways Robert Thorp's revision of Motte's translation, with lavish notes, is still one of the best texts to use for anyone who wishes to make a careful study of Newton's Principia" (Cohen, Introduction to Newton's Principia, Cambridge, 1971). Thorp's 1777 English translation intended to publish the entirety of the Principia but only volume one was ever published.

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