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‎Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa. - [WITH THE FIRST PRINTING OF NEWTON'S ""LUNAE THEORIA"" AND THE FIRST UNVEILING OF NEWTON'S CALSSICAL SCHOLIA]‎

‎Oxoniae (Oxford), E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1702. Folio. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, rectangular blindtooled frames and central panel ""mirror"" on covers, Cambridge-style binding. leather at joints cracked, but cords intact so that covers not loose. Corners a bit bumped. Light wear to spine ends. Spine a bit rubbed. Pastedowns and flyleaves with browning. Title-page with large engraved vignette (Sheldon Theater). (12),494,(2) pp. With numerous textdiagrams. Very light browning to titlepage and a few marginal brownspots to last leaf, a fine clean copy, printed on good paper with wide margins.On the verso of the title-page is pasted the book plate of Sir William Baird of Newbaith. He habitually pasted his armorial bookplate on the verso of the title-pages of the books in his large and fine library.‎

‎First edition of the first text book of astronomy based on Newtonian principles. Apart from its importance in the remodeling of astronomy in conformity with physical theory, the work is of the utmost importance as a source book - it contains the FIRST PRINTING OF NEWTON'S PAPER ON LUNAR THEORY (""Lunae Theoria Newtoniana"", pp. 332-336) as well as the FIRST EXPOSITION OF NEWTON'S CLASSICAL SCHOLIA, which Newton himself considered an important part of his philosophy.Gregory, a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Edinburgh and Oxford, was one of Newton's closest friends and associates. Newton thought highly of his work and communicated for insertion it in his Lunar Theory. He also permitted Gregory to use the material of that which is known as his ""Classical Scholia"", which are incorporated into Gregory's preface. ""Newtonian scholars have long been aware of a set of draft Scholia to Propositions IV to IX of Book III of the ""Principia"". These were composed in the 1690's, as part of an unimplemented plan for a second edition of the work. Since they describe supposed anticipation of Newton's doctrines in the thought of Greco-Roman antiquity, they have been known as the 'classical' Scholia..... Newton's thoughts on these matters were not, however, kept completely concealed. HE PERMITTED DAVID GREGORY TO USE THE MATERIAL EXTENSIVELY in a long historical preface to his ""Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa"" (1702), IF WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION. (It was also available to Maclaurin for his much later work)."" (McGuire & Rattansi in ""Newton and the Pipes of Pan"", 1966).""It was the first textbook composed on gravitational principles, and remodeling astronomy in conformity with physical theory. Newton thought highly of it, and communicated for insertion in it (p. 332)) his 'lunar theory', long the guide of practical astronomers in determining the Moon's motions. The discussion in the preface, in which the doctrine of gravitation was brought into credit on the score of its antiquity, likewise emanated from Newton."" (DNB).""His thick folio text on foundations of astronomy, Astronomiae...elementa (1702) is a well-documented but unimaginative attempt to graft the gravitational synthesis propounded in the first book and especially the third book of Newton's Principia onto the findings of traditional astronomy. While respected as a source book it is now chiefly remembered for the remarks by Newton on the prisca sapientia of the ancients and their ""knowledge"" of the inverse-square law of universal gravitation and for the Latin version of Newton's short paper on lunar theory which it reproduces."" (DSB).Babson No. 71. - Houzeau & Lancaster 9240.‎

‎Communicatio suae pariter, duarumque alienarum ad edendum sibi a Dn. Jo. Bernoulli, deinde a Dn Marchione Hospitalio communicatarum solutionum problematici curvae..descensus a Dn. Jo. Bernpulli....propositi solutione... (Leibniz). + Curvatura Radii in...‎

‎Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1697. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCVII"", No V, May-issue. Pp. 193-240 (entire issue offered). With titlepage to the volume 1697. Leibniz: pp. 201-205. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 206-211. Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 211-214. Newton: pp. 223-224. As usual, some leaves with browning.‎

‎First appearance of the famous issue of Acta Eruditorum in which the 4 solutions by the 4 most eminent mathematicians at the time, were printed together. There were in all 5 solutions to the posed problem, and Newton's solution was first printed in the Philosophical Transactions (January 1697) and reprinted here. The solution proposed by L'Hopital, not printed here, was not published until 1988.The brachistochrone problem was posed by Johann Bernoulli in Acta Eruditorum in June 1696. He introduced the problem as follows: ""I, Johann Bernoulli, address the most brilliant mathematicians in the world. Nothing is more attractive to intelligent people than an honest, challenging problem, whose possible solution will bestow fame and remain as a lasting monument. Following the example set by Pascal, Fermat, etc., I hope to gain the gratitude of the whole scientific community by placing before the finest mathematicians of our time a problem which will test their methods and the strength of their intellect. If someone communicates to me the solution of the proposed problem, I shall publicly declare him worthy of praise."" Johann Bernoulli and Leibniz deliberately tempted Newton with this problem. It is not surprising, given the dispute over the calculus, that Johann Bernoulli had included these words in his challenge:- ....""there are fewer who are likely to solve our excellent problems, aye, fewer even among the very mathematicians who boast that [they]... have wonderfully extended its bounds by means of the golden theorems which (they thought) were known to no one, but which in fact had long previously been published by others.""According to Newton's biographer Conduitt, he solved the problem in an evening after returning home from the Royal Mint. Newton: ... ""in the midst of the hurry of the great recoinage, did not come home till four (in the afternoon) from the Tower very much tired, but did not sleep till he had solved it, which was by four in the morning.""Newton send his solution to his friend Charles Montague and Montague published anonymously in the Transactions. Newton's solution, presented here in the Acta, is also anonymous. The episode did not please Newton, as he later wrote: ""I do not love to be dunned [pestered] and teased by foreigners about mathematical things ..."" After the competition Johann Bernoulli said "".... my elder brother made up the fourth of these (after Leibniz, himself and Newton), that the three great nations, Germany, England and France, each one of their own to unite with myself in such a beautiful search, all finding the same truth.""Struik (Edt.) ""A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800, pp. 391 ff.‎

‎The Correspondence of Isaac Newton Volume I - VII‎

‎Cambridge 1959 The Royal Society - Cambridge University Press Hardcover Very Good 1st Edition ‎

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‎Couverture en lin bordeaux d'origine avec dessin en impression dorée sur le devant, jaquette double : le tout en très bon état, 29 x 22 cm, Volume I : XXXVII + 467, Volume II : XII + 551, Volume III : XVIII + 445, Volume IV : XXXII + 577, Volume V : LI + 439, Volume VI : XVIII + 499, Volume VII : XLV + 522 pp., Anglais, 1ère édition, 7 volumes, Illustrations et pages dépliantes, état du livre : Très Bon [Cette description peut avoir été traduite par une IA.]‎

‎Isaac Newton A. Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1962. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth. Spine with a bit of wear, otherwise fine and clean. XX, (2), 415, (1) pp. ‎

‎The principia. mathematical principles of natural philosophy. Preceded by a guide to newton's principia by I.B. Cohen.‎

‎Berkeley & Los Angeles & London, University of California Press, 1999. 4to. In the original blue printed wrappers. Fine and clean. XVIII, 966 pp.‎

‎La Méthode des Fluxions et des Suites Infinies‎

‎Paris 1966 Librairie Scientifique et Technique A. Blanchard Soft cover ‎

‎Couverture souple originale de l'éditeur, 28 x 21 cm, XXX + 148 pp., français, illustrations, état du livre : Bon [Cette description peut avoir été traduite par une IA.]‎

‎Theological Manuscripts‎

‎Copie : Université Press, Liverpool 1950‎

‎ELEMENS de la PHILOSOPHIE NEWTONIENNE.‎

‎1755 / 495 pages dont 12 planches dépliantes et 17 en-têtes gravés. Relié au format : 13 x 20,5 cm (In8) Editions Chez Arkstee & Merkus (+PCM)‎

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‎Reliure trés faiblement frottée (peu signifiant), intérieur en parfaite condition. SUPERBE ETAT pour cet ouvrage IMPORTANT & RARE !‎

‎Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica‎

‎Précieux exemplaire de la Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica de Newton (1643-1727) grand de marges, conservé dans son élégant vélin ivoire de l’époque au dos orné d’un décor doré à la grotesque. In-4 de (28), 484, (8) pp. Title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved folding plate of the cometary orbit facing p. 465 ; woodcut text diagrams throughout. Vélin ivoire, dos lisse orné d’un décor doré à la grotesque, tranches jaspées, rousseurs éparses. Reliure de l’époque. 245 x 198 mm. Newton, Isaac (1643-1727). Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Amstelodami (Amsterdam) Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. First Amsterdam reprint of the substantive second edition and « a fine example of bookmaking » (Macomber-Babson). Isaac Newton’s (1643-1727) “Principia Mathematica” is considered “the greatest work in the history of science. The “Principia” provided the great synthesis of the cosmos, proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained, in mathematical terms, within a single physical theory. [… ] The same laws of gravitation and motion ruled everywhere ; [… ] It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought, equaled perhaps only by that following Darwin’s “Origin of the Species” [… ] The second edition of “Principia” was not published until 1713” (“Printing and the Mind of Man” # 161). The second edition of Principia, here presented in a rare first Amsterdam reprint from 1714, was revised by Isaac Newton himself to improve its arguments. This was necessary partly because more than 20 years had passed since the first edition was published and new research had appeared, new comets had been found. Newton made constant revisions to the Principia which, during the long interim until the second edition, circulated only in manuscript. First published in Cambridge in the previous year, the second edition is the first to include the Scholium generale, and shows considerable additions, in particular to the chapters on lunar theory and the theory of comets. The German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) had published theories that were close to Newton’s own, which forced him to sharpen his arguments and therefore this edition was also provided with a long anti-Leibnizian preface by Newton’s editor Roger Cotes. “Newton’s masterwork was worked up and put into its final form in an incredibly short time. His strategy was to develop the subject of general dynamics from a mathematical point of view in book I, then to apply his most important results to solving astronomical and physical problems in book III. Book II, [… ] is almost independent, and appears extraneous. [… ] One of the most important consequences of Newton’s analysis is that it must be one and the same law of force that operates in the centrally directed acceleration of the planetary bodies (toward the sun) and of satellites (toward planets), and that controls the linear downward acceleration of freely falling bodies. This force of universal gravitation is also shown to be the cause of the tides, through the action of the sun and the moon on the seas”. (DSB). Faibles rousseurs éparses habituelles à cette édition mais fort bel exemplaire grand grand de marges conservé dans son très élégant vélin ivoire de L’époque au dos orné d’un décor doré à la grotesque.‎

‎Optice: sive de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus & Coloribus Lucis, Libri tres. Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P. Editio Secunda, auctior.‎

‎London, Impensis Gul. & Joh. Innys, 1719 (colophon: Londini: Ex Officina Gulielmi Bowyer, 1718). 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Corners, fronthinge and spineends professionally repaired. Inner hinges reinforced. Gilt lineborders on back. Titlelabel in red leather with gilt lettering. Old owners name stamped on titlepage (small).Instead of htitle is bound ""Catalogus Librorum prostantium apud Gul. & Joh. Innys"" (1 leaf), the Cataloque is furthermore bound at end, but with a different typography. (2),XI,(1),415 pp. and 12 folded engraved plates. Very light brownning to a few margins. Printed on good paper, in general fine and clean internally.‎

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‎Scarce second Latin edition of Newton's ""Optics: or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light. London 1704."", one of the great books in the history of science. ""Newton's Optics did for Light what his Principia had done for Gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis."" (E.W. Brown). The translation was brought to light ""At the request of Newton, Dr. Samuel Clarke prepared a Latin edition of his Optics which appeared 1706, and he was generously presented by Sir Isaac with GBP 500, or GBP 100 for each of his five children, as a token of the appreciation and gratitude of the author. DeMoivre is said to have secured and taken charge of this translation, and to have spared neither time nor trouble in the task. Newton met him every evening at a coffe-house, and when they have finished their work he took De Moivre home with him to spend the evening in philosophical conversation.""(Brewster in his ""Newton"", 1855"").""In the accumulation of optical phenomena from his first paper (the short memoir in Philosophical Transaction, 1672) until the above book (the Optics,..) 33 years later, Newton had gathered explanations to many problems. The rainbow is fully explained and also ""Newton's rings"", produced by pressing the flat side of a plano-convex glass against a double convex lens of long focal lenght, producing rings of alternating brightness and darkness"" his explanation was not valid, as he did not know optical interference. He speculated on the double refraction of Icelandic spar...."" (Dibner in Heralds of Science No 148) - G.J. Gray No 180.‎

‎LA CHRONOLOGIE DES ANCIENS ROYAUMES CORRIGÉE à laquelle on a joint une Chronique abrégée, qui contient ce qui s'est passé anciennement en Europe, jusqu'à la conquête de la Perse par Alexandre le Grand.‎

‎ 1728 Paris, Martin, Coignard, Guerin, Montalant, 1728. In-quarto (190 X 246 mm) veau fauve brun, dos cinq nerfs, caissons dorés ornés aux petits fers, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, large frise dorée en queue, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque) ; (20) ff. de titre, préface, catalogue des oeuvres de Newton et avertissement de l'éditeur anglais, 416 pages, (2) ff. de table, approbation, privilège et errata. Ex-libris tampon encre bleue en queue du feuillet de titre : «De Cayrol », répété sur le premier feuillet blanc, avec sa signature autographe.‎

‎PREMIÈRE ÉDITION FRANCAISE de cette histoire des premières grandes civilisations, à savoir celles des Grecs, Egyptiens, Assyriens, Babyloniens, Mèdes et Perses. L'édition originale, posthume, a été publiée à Londres la même année, et traduite de l'anglais en français par François Granet et Marthan. COMPLET des TROIS PLANCHES dépliantes gravées sur cuivre, représentant des plans du Temple de Salomon. Composé par Isaac NEWTON (1643-1727) pour son propre délassement, ce système chronologique a été publié à son insu par un certain Abbé Conti, à qui Newton en avait confié une copie. Il se trouva ainsi obligé, contre son intention, d'en donner une édition plus fidèle, mais il ne put que la préparer, la mort le surprenant avant sa publication. Pierre Daunou (1761-1740) a donné dans la "Biographie Universelle" de Michaud une longue note érudite à propos de cet ouvrage, note qu'il conclut en ces termes : «En perdant sa base astronomique, le système chronologique de Newton ne repose plus que sur des considérations relatives à l'histoire, à la durée des générations et des règles, aux progrès des sociétés, des arts et de l'idolâtrie. Quelques graves que soient ces observations, et quelque incertitude qu'elles puissent répandre sur la chronologie vulgaire, elles ne suffisent point assurément pour en établir une nouvelle. Mais ce système est un très grand fait dans l'histoire de la science chronologique ; et il sert au moins à confirmer ce qu'à dit Varron, que l'âge historique ne commence qu'à la première olympiade » (Tome XXX, pages 397 à 400). Exemplaire de Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de CAYROL (1775-1859), député de 1820 à 1822, commissaire des guerres sous la Révolution, puis commissaire ordonnateur et sous-intendant militaire. Grand bibliophile, il fut l'ami de Gérard de Nerval. BEL EXEMPLAIRE, conservé dans sa reliure de l'époque. NICE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST. ‎

‎Arithmetica Universalis.‎

‎“L’Arithmetica universalis” de Newton. Précieuse et rare seconde édition du grand texte de Newton sur le calcul différentiel, la dernière révisée par l’auteur. Exemplaire conservé dans sa reliure anglaise de l’époque. From the Earls of Macclesfield's "South Library" at Shirburn Castle. In-8 de (1) f., 332 pp. Veau marbré, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de double filet et fleurons dorés, coupes décorées, tranches bleues. Reliure anglaise de l’époque. 201 X 122 mm. Newton, Isaac. Arithmetica Universalis: sive de compositione et resolutione arithmetica liber. Londini, Benj. & Sam Tooke, 1722. Exemplaire conservé dans sa reliure anglaise du temps. Provenance : Earls of Macclesfield's "South Library" at Shirburn Castle, shelfmark 180.C.30, avec ex-libris et cachet de bibliothèque. Précieuse et rare seconde édition de l’« Arithmétique universelle » de Newton, son ouvrage mathématique « le plus lu et publié » (Whiteside). C’est la dernière édition revue par l’auteur. Rare second edition of Newton’s “Universal arithmetic”, his "most often read and republished mathematical work" (Whiteside). It’s the last edition to be revised by Newton. Babson, 200; Wallis, 278. Revised by Newton himself, who already by September 1720 was "fort avance", this second edition of his Lucasian lectures incoporates up-to-the-minute revisions. The cancelled leaf U6, which in this copy has almost the air of being a page proof, is a vivid testimony to this (cf. Mathematical Papers V, p.469 note 686). The section by Halley which had been included in the 1707 edition edited by Whiston (see lot 1517) is here omitted. The running-titles throughout the 1707 edition which had so vexed Newton were simply Algebrae and Elementa on facing versos and rectos. In this edition the running-titles change according to the text up to p.75 and thereafter the versos have Resolutio Quaestionum and the rectos Arithmeticarum (to p.97), Resolutio Quaestionum Geometricarum (p.99-239), Aequationum Natura (pp.240-241), Aequationum and Natura on facing versos and rectos (pp.242-249), Aequationum Natura on p.250, and thereafter they change again in accordance with the text. The book is therefore much easier to find one's way around. In addition there is a greater use of italic in this edition. “L'importance des travaux de Newton n’a pas résidé seulement dans le fait d’avoir créé une base utilisable et logiquement satisfaisante pour la mécanique proprement dite (…) Ses principes fondamentaux étaient si satisfaisants au point de vue de la logique que les faits d’expérience durent donner l’impulsion vers un nouvel essor » (Albert Einstein).‎

‎La Methode des Fluxions, et des Suites Infinies Par le Chevalier Newton. (Translated by G. Louis Le Clerc, ount de Buffon). - [THE CALCULUS - THE INFINITESIMAL METHOD]‎

‎Paris, De Bure, 1740. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, richly gilt spine and and red speckled edges. Leather title-label to spine. Corners neatly repaired. Title in red/black. (2), III-XXX, (2) Errata, 148 pp., many diagrams. The ""Preface"" and the first 18 leaves of the text with a foxing to lower margin and right corners. The ""Preface"" is an historical account of Newton's method ""la sublime méthode"", written by Buffon. Without the leaf ""Extrait des Registres"".‎

‎The influential first French edition of Newton's important work, which constitutes the most extensive description of the mathematical method he used in his famous ""Principia"", the method of infinitesimals, which was already written about 1671, but not published until 1736, i.e. posthumously, with the title ""Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series..."". In this work ""Newton stated clearly the fundamental problem of the calculus: the relation of quantities being given, to find the relation of the fluxions of these, and conversely. In conformity with this problem and the new notation, Newton then gave examples of his method....In this book Newton introduced his characteristic notation and conceptions. He regarded his variable quantities as generated by the continuous motion of points, lines and planes, rather than as aggregates of infinitesimal elements, the view which had appeared in ""De analysi""...The rate of generation Newton called a ""fluxion"", designating it by means of a letter with a dot over it, a ""pricked letter"", the quantity generates he called a ""fluent"".( Boyer, The History of the Calculus.).Colson (in his preface to the first edition from 1736) says: ""I gladly embraced the opportunity that was put into my hands, of publishing this posthumous work, because I found it had been composed with that view and design. And that my own Country-men might first enjoy the benefit of this publication, I resolved upon giving it an English translation, with some additional remarks of my own, I thought it highly injurious to the memory and reputation of the real Author, as well as invidious to the glory of our own Nation, that so curious and useful a piece should be any longer suppress'd and confined to a few private hands, which ought to be communicated to all the learned World for general Instruction.It was through the French translations of his works that Newton came to play the seminal role as the most important of mathematicians that he did in France, and particularly the years around 1740, when the present work appeared in French for the first time were seminal to the scientific development in France, where the likes of Voltaire had only just made the nation acquinted with the work of the great mathematician. Gray No 236. Babson No 173.‎

‎Elémens de la philososphie de Neuton (Newton) concernant la Métaphysique, la Théorie de la Lumière & celle du Monde, par M. de Voltaire de la Société Royale de Londres. Nouvelle édition. ‎

‎Londres 1745, in-12,, demi-reliure tardive (19e), 471p. 2ff errata. Portrait d'Isaac Newton gravé par Dupin en frontispice. 7 planches dont une planche dépliante (table des couleurs et des tons de la musique), et 70 figures dans le texte. La première édition publiée et remaniée sous l'autorité de Voltaire est parue à Paris en 1741. ‎

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‎Opticks. ‎

‎ 1979 Dover Publications, New York, 1979. Un volume in-8 broché, texte en anglais, cxxii+406 pages. Quelques rares lignes soulignées au stylo, néanmoins bon exemplaire. ‎

‎ La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 19h00. Commandes par courriel ou téléphone. Envoi rapide, emballage soigné. La librairie est ouverte du mardi au samedi de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 19h00. Commandes par courriel ou téléphone. Envoi rapide, emballage soigné. ‎

‎Élémens de la philosophie de Neuton, mis à la portée de tout le monde‎

‎Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes, 1738, in-8, [2]-399-[1] pp. 9 pl, , Édition originale, à l'adresse de Jacques Desbordes. Elle est illustrée d'un portrait de Voltaire, d'un portrait allégorique de Newton, 6 planches gravées, un tableau dépliant et de nombreuses vignettes dans le texte ainsi que de jolis bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. Dans ses Élémens, dédicacés à la Marquise du Châtelet, qui partage avec Voltaire la gloire d'avoir introduit, en France, les idées scientifiques et philosophiques de Newton et à qui l'on doit la première édition française des Principia, Voltaire présente Newton comme le découvreur du vrai système du monde et le destructeur des erreurs du cartésianisme. Il s'engage personnellement pour la propagation de newtonisme, dont il fit la découverte pendant son exil en Angleterre entre 1725-1728 : pour Voltaire, l'empirisme de Newton, sa méthode expérimentale et son refus de tout dogme symbolise la victoire des Lumières sur la métaphysique chrétienne (Voir Norman). Manques et épidermures, pâles mouillures, quelques rousseurs et taches. Norman 2165 ; DSB XIV, pages 82-85; Babson, 120. Couverture rigide‎

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‎Bon [2]-399-[1] pp. 9 pl‎

‎Elemens de la philosophie de Neuton, mis à la portée de tout le monde‎

‎Amsterdam, Étienne Ledet & compagnie, 1738, in-8, [4]-XII-[2]-410-[6] pp.8 pl, Veau marbré havane, filet à froid en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches rouges, Édition originale de ce traité. Il est illustré de 8 planches hors-texte (dont un tableau des couleurs et des tons de la musique) et de nombreuses vignettes dans le texte ainsi que de jolis bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. Dans ses Élémens dédiés à la Marquise du Châtelet, qui partage avec Voltaire la gloire d'avoir introduit, en France, les idées scientifiques et philosophiques de Newton et à qui l'on doit la première édition française des Principia, Voltaire présente Newton comme le découvreur du vrai système du monde et le destructeur des erreurs du cartésianisme. Il s'engage personnellement pour la propagation de newtonisme, dont il fit la découverte pendant son exil en Angleterre entre 1725-1728 : pour Voltaire, l'empirisme de Newton, sa méthode expérimentale et son refus de tout dogme symbolise la victoire des Lumières sur la métaphysique chrétienne (Voir Norman). Complet du chapitre additionnel Du flux et reflux, l'Avertissement des libraires et des Éclaircissemens nécéssaires donnés par l'auteur pour servir de préface. Déchirure avec atteinte au f. R2 (sans dommage pour la lecture), petits manques et épidermures, restaurations à la reliure, dos gauchi, sans le portrait de Voltaire. Bel état intérieur. Norman, 2165 ; DSB XIV, pages 82-85; Babson, 120 Couverture rigide‎

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‎Bon [4]-XII-[2]-410-[6] pp.8 pl.‎

‎?La Méthode des fluxions et des suites infinies‎

‎?Paris, Debure?, 1740, in-4, XXX-[2]-148-[2] pp, Veau havane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné de caissons dorés, pièce de titre rouge, tranches rouges, Édition originale de la traduction française par Buffon dont le nom n'est mentionné que dans les Extraits des registres de l'Académie royale des sciences, in fine. Elle est traduite sur la traduction anglaise de John Colson parue en 1736 (sans son commentaire), elle-même traduite sur l'édition originale en latin de Newton qui ne fut jamais publiée. Elle est illustrée de figures en noir dans le texte. Dans sa longue préface, il explique vouloir donner un "Newton clair, plus traitable, & à la portée du commun des géomètres", donne une courte notice historique des mathématiques pré-newtoniennes, critique sévèrement ses rivaux, notamment lorsqu'il évoque la controverse avec Liebniz et expose la méthode de calcul de Newton. Dans cet ouvrage le célèbre physicien anglais expose sa méthode de calcul infinitésimal dans sa première partie, lui donne une notation propre et propose ses applications dans la seconde. Bien que cet ouvrage fut relativement confidentiel lors de sa rédaction et sa première circulation via manuscrits, il est aujourd'hui reconnu comme fondamental dans l'histoire des mathématiques. Petits manques et épidermures, quelques taches. Complet de son errata. Gray, 236; Babson, 173. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon XXX-[2]-148-[2] pp.‎

‎?Arithmetica universalis ; sive de Compositione et Resolutione arithmetica cum commentario Johannis Castillionei‎

‎?Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1761, , 2 vol. in-4 : [6]-XVIII-310-[1] pp. 32 pl. + [4]-288-[2]-134-[1] pp. 5 pl, Demi-chagrin noir, filets dorés sur les plats, dos à nefs orné de caissons dorés, tranches marbrées, Édition commentée par Giovanni di Castillione qui fut lui-même éditeur d'ouvrages de Newton. Elle comporte également au second volume l'Additamentum vel de Solutione et constructione Aequationum, &c. d'Halley et 9 petits traités de Colson, Moivre, Halley (2), Folkes, Campbell, Baermanno, Kaestner et Boscovich. Elle est illustrée de 37 planches hors-texte. L'Arithmétique de Newton est le texte qui établit la réputation du physicien anglais. Elle contient ses cours d'algèbre professés à Cambridge entre 1673 et 1683. Newton parvint à déterminer des valeurs approchées des racines numériques et établit les fondements de la théorie des fonctions de ces racines. Babson, 205; Gray 281. Petits frottements et épidermures, rousseurs, petits manques angulaires sans atteinte à 4 pl. et restaurations angulaires sans atteinte à 9 pl. du 1er vol. Ex-libris René Mariaux. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon 2 vol. in-4 :‎

‎Isaac Newton's Papers and Letters on Natural Philosophy and Related Documents.‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1958. 8vo. In publisher's original full red cloth. Ex-libris to verso of front board and spine with a bit of wear, otherwise fine and clean. XIII, (2), 501 pp. ‎

‎Early Biographies of Isaac Newton 1660-1885. 2 vols. ‎

‎London, Pickering & Chatto, 2006. 8vo. Two volumes, both in the original red boards. Previous owner's name to verso of front boards, otherwise a very fine and clean set. LXXII, 387 pp XLIII, 420 pp.‎

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‎The Correspondence of Isaac Newton. Vols. 1 - 7.‎

‎Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 4to. Seven volumes, all in publisher's printed wrappers. A fine and clean set. ‎

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‎Reprint of the original 1959-edition. ‎

‎Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes.‎

‎London, Frank Cass, 1969. 8vo. In publisher's original redcloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine-ends bumped and spine with light sunning. Internally fine and clean. XCVIII, (2), 323 pp. ‎

‎?Optique de Newton‎

‎Paris, Chez Leroy, 1787, in-8, XXXIV-192-[4]-308 pp. 21 pl, Reliure composite : demi-basane brune, dos lisse orné de caissons dorés, tranches mouchetées, Première édition de la traduction de Jean-Paul Marat, la troisième après deux éditions de la traduction de Pierre Coste en 1720 et 1722. Elle est illustrée de 21 planches dépliantes et comporte deux corrections manuscrites au 2nd tome. Babson qualifie cette édition de rare comme tous les ouvrages de Marat et d'autant plus intéressante qu'il fut le seul à s'opposer à la théorie corpusculaire de Newton. Le célèbre physicien et révolutionnaire l'entreprit car celle de Coste lui semblait comporter plusieurs défauts : "termes impropres, redites éternelles [...] style lâche, diffus, incohérent" (notice du traducteur). Il se proposait ainsi d'en rendre la lecture moins laborieuse. Étiquette de la librairie F. Cahu. Reliure restaurée, dos provenant d'un autre exemplaire remonté, petits manques et frottements, rares rousseurs ou taches éparses. Babson, 143; Gray, 188; PMM, 172. ? Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon XXXIV-192-[4]-308 pp. 21 pl.‎

‎Traite d'optique sur les reflexions, réfractions, inflexions, et couleurs, de la lumiere. Traduit de l'anglais par M. Coste ‎

‎Paris, Humbert, 1720.‎

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‎ Première traduction en français. Cette traduction de l' 'Opticks' a été faite sur la seconde édition de 1718 qui a été augmentée par l'auteur, de plusieurs "questions" à la fin. On y trouve la fameuse question 28, sur la nature de la lumière. Tous les scientifiques précédents étaient sûrs que la lumière blanche était pure et simple, considérant les couleurs comme des modifications du blanc. Newton a montré expérimentalement que c'est le contraire. La lumière blanche naturelle, loin d'être simple, est un composée de nombreuses couleurs élémentaires pures qui peuvent être séparées et recomposées à volonté". Illustré par 12 planches dépliantes hors-texte. Très petits défauts au second plat, papier légèrement bruni. Bon exemplaire. /// 2 tomes en 1 volume in-12 de XV, (1), 328 pp. [329]-583 pp., (17) pp. de catalogue., 12 planches h.-t. Basane brune, dos à nerfs orné, tranches mouchetées. (Reliure de l'époque.) //// First edition in French. The translation by Pierre Coste of the second edition of "Opticks", published in 1718. In this edition, "the number of Queries at the end was increased from 16 to 31, including the celebrated Query No. 28 on the nature of light." "Coste, the translator, spent many years in England, where he fled on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and where he became intimate with Locke. His translations were of durable service and helped to introduce English thought to the French of the XVIIIth century." Babson N° 139. "The core of this work was the observation that the spectrum of colours (formed when a ray of light shines through a glass prism) is stretched along its axis, together with his experimental proof that rays of different colours are refracted to different extents. This causes the stretching, or dispersion, of the spectrum. All previous philosophers and mathematicians had been sure that white light is pure and simple, regarding colours as modifications or qualifications of the white. Newton showed experimentally that the opposite is true. Natural white light, far from being simple, is a compound of many pure elementary colours which can be separated and recompounded at will." PMM‎