Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light 1721

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Newton's name appears after the edition statement A reprint of the 2nd edition, with a few minor changes. Cf. Babson Institute. Catalogue, p. 68, no. 135 Advertisement: last 2 pages Signatures: A, B-Z, Aa-Bb (Bb8, advertisements) Gray, G.J. Newton, p. 36-37, no. 177 ESTC Clark Library copy: From the library of C.K. Ogden. Bound in old sprinkled calf Spec. Coll. copy 1: Half calf, marbled paper over boards. Old library stamp on various p. (mainly on t.p. and plates): "Birm[ingha]m & Mid[lands] Scientific Society Institute". Gift of Albert Boni. Setting of headpiece on p.1 has a man with a globe at the center Spec. Coll. copy 2: Quarter modern calf, marbled paper over boards. Setting of headpiece on p.1 has a man with a globe at the center Biomed's Rare (Beigelman) copy: calf, tooled in blind; ruled in gilt on spine, with green leather title label. Inscribed by two former owners on title page
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