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4to,280x210 mm. Contemporary binding on pig skin. Gold titles on spine. Pages [50], 407, [1]. Engraved frontispiece vignette, twelve folded engraved plates, headpieces, historiated initials engraved by John Pine. A very good first edition copy with wide margins of the important introduction to Newton's natural philosophy. Pemberton was invited to supervise the editing of the third edition of Principia Mathematica, which appeared in 1726. The work is illustrated with several fold-out diagrams explaining key scientific principles, including Newton's celestial mechanics plans showing the orbits of the six known planets around the sun.

The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772.
First edition, quarto, v, [9], xvi, 812, [12]p; folding engraved chart bound opposite title page; illustrated with 24 folding engraved plates; bound in nicely rebacked modern full sheepskin, neatly done in period style; minor offsetting in a few plates as usual but internally clean and superb. 10 x 8 in. Crook S/479; ESTC T36343.
Joseph Priestley, a household name for his famous discovery of oxygen gas, was a notable English scientist. This comprehensive account of the discoveries and properties of light, colour and vision provides an elaborate history of Optics from the early days, through Newton's contributions and offers a contemporary analyses and discussion, including Priestley's own theories and experiments.
Just like his History of Electricity (1767), this account was highly popular in the scientific community as "the only English work on the subject for 150 years and the… Read More