1728 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended by Sir Isaac Newton

Description: The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is Prefix’d, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. By Sir Isaac Newton, Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand and J. Osborn and T. Longman in Pater-Noster Row, London, 1728, 376 pp, three folding plates, Cambridge leather binding, 10 x 7.5”, 4to. In good condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to edges and corners. Numerous scratch marks to surface of leather with areas of peeling and desiccation, particularly to edges. Joints tender and lightly cracked. Spine abraded weigh loss at morocco spine label. Raised bands rubbed and dried. Lovely Cambridge ruling and decorative tooling. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Fydell, Esq on front pastedown. Historian John Pocock (b. 1924) signature on title. H. Pickell 4.4.96 on fly as well below Pocock’s signature. The name is written again in old hand on the title. Worming to pastedown along left edge top corner and gutter at bottom. Worming is continuous throughout the text at the gutter and the margin. Small patch of worming to top corner of margins with text unaffected. Small patch of dampness staining to bottom corner of front fly. Light age toning throughout with minor instances of foxing. Free of known marginalia. Folding plates in good working order without tears. Binding tight and intact. Sound. Please see photos. 1st edition, large paper issue on thick paper of Newton’s attempts to verify historical accounts of ancient civilizations through astronomical principles. RAREB1728OXYP

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