Author: Pemberton, Henry.
Title: A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy.
Description: Dublin: Reprinted by and for John Hyde, et. al. 1728. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [44], 333 [ie. 335], [1]pp. A8, b8, c4, d2, B8-Y8. Title vignette; initials; head and tail pieces. Pp.334-335 misnumbered 332-333. With a list of subscribers. First issued in London in 1728 in quarto (Gray: Newton, 132). Subscribers' list: d2; 'A poem on Sir Isaac Newton' by Richard Glover, b2, recto-b8 verso. Modern half goatskin over marbled boards. With 12 engraved plates, some signed J. Gwinn. Title-page with two neat paper excisions to remove a previous owner's name, repaired. The volume is illustrated with twelve oversized, folding engraved plates. Wallis 132.2; Babson Catalogue 98(London edition); ESTC T124175. On Pemberton, see: The Dictionary of National Biography, XLIV, 280-81. From the Llanover Library, with its bookplate, the Trustees stamp, the shelf-mark ticket. Good.

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