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Author	Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727.
Title	A treatise of the system of the world / by Sir Isaac Newton ; translated into English.
Publication Info.	London : Printed for F. Fayram at the South Entrance under the Royal Exchange, 1728.

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Medium	Z-M N5638 T6	IN LIBRARY

Description	xxiv, 154, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note	Translated by Andrew Motte.
	Translation of De mundi systemate, which forms Liber III of the Principia.
	First edition in English.
	Title vignette.
Indexed In:	ESTC T14938
	Babson, Grace K. Newton, 18
Local Note	Library copy has inscriptions on front free endpaper: Geo : Vernon / 1727; and in another hand, Presented by / T. B. Hollis Esq. / London.
Subject	Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800.
	Cosmology -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author	Motte, Andrew, d. 1734, translator.
	Fayram, Francis, bookseller.
	Brand Hollis, Thomas, ca. 1719-1804, donor.
Added Title	De mundi systemate. English

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