Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
Perpetuis commentariis illustrata, communi studio pp. Thomae le Seur et Francisci Jacquier... Editio nova.
Stock Code 113303
Glasgow, for the academic press by Andrew and John M. Duncan, 1822
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The best of the 'jesuits' editions. The highly regarded first Glasgow edition of the 'Jesuits' text. This set handsomely bound with the gilt arms of Gonville & Caius College, and the contemporary ownership inscription of John Spedding of Newcastle-on-Tyne (1806-1884), who earned his BA there in 1828.
'Another useful work, containing extended notes that expand the proofs and help make them intelligible, is the so-called "Jesuits edition", actually produced by two Minim fathers, Thomas le Seur and François Jacquier (1739-1742, 1760, 1780-1785, 1822, 1833), of which the best edition is the one published in Glasgow in 1822 and in 1833, corrected by J.M.F. Wright, whose two-volume Commentary on Newton's "Principia" is also a useful work' (Newton, The Principia, edited by Cohen & Whitman, 1999, p. 294).
First Glasgow Jesuits edition; 4 vols, 8vo (240 x 145 mm); diagrams within the text, contemporary ownership inscription to the half title, light offsetting and occasional spotting; contemporary tan calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments with the arms of Gonville & Caius College, black morocco labels, blind roll and gilt arms to boards, marbled endpapers and edges, joints just starting, some old repairs, excellent condition; 431, 320, 341, & 202pp.
'Another useful work, containing extended notes that expand the proofs and help make them intelligible, is the so-called "Jesuits edition", actually produced by two Minim fathers, Thomas le Seur and François Jacquier (1739-1742, 1760, 1780-1785, 1822, 1833), of which the best edition is the one published in Glasgow in 1822 and in 1833, corrected by J.M.F. Wright, whose two-volume Commentary on Newton's "Principia" is also a useful work' (Newton, The Principia, edited by Cohen & Whitman, 1999, p. 294).
First Glasgow Jesuits edition; 4 vols, 8vo (240 x 145 mm); diagrams within the text, contemporary ownership inscription to the half title, light offsetting and occasional spotting; contemporary tan calf, spine elaborately gilt in compartments with the arms of Gonville & Caius College, black morocco labels, blind roll and gilt arms to boards, marbled endpapers and edges, joints just starting, some old repairs, excellent condition; 431, 320, 341, & 202pp.
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