![]() Robert Cotes' preface praises Newton's theory of attraction compared to the Cartesian conception. ![]() Includes Newton's prefaces dated 1686, 1713, and 1725-26, and Roger Cotes' preface dated 1713. and a magnificent largest-paper, printed for presentation, of page-size 32.6 x 23.4 cm." The number of copies produced of this "middle format" is estimated at between 50 and 200 copies, though the former figure may be more likely. a large-paper edition 28.0 x 21.6 cm measured on my copy. There were three issues of the third edition, noted by Andrade as "the ordinary. Rare large paper issue of the last edition of the Principia issued in Newton's lifetime with his revisions. (4to) 11¼x8½, period calf, rebacked with modern calf, morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue after I.
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