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176 - (Newton). WEBBER (R. B.). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Gra…
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(Newton). WEBBER (R. B.). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and the Material relating to him in the Babson Institute Library. With an introduction by... A supplement... compiled by Henry P. Macomber. A second supplement... prepared by I. Bernard Cohen & Clark Elliott. New York, 1950–1955–2002 (Reprint, 2005, except for the second supplement, which is a first edition). 3 volumes in-8, [1 f]: portrait, XIV, 228 pp; VIII, 91 pp and XXVIII, 95 pp, publisher’s cloth binding. An extraordinary collection in terms of its richness and scope. All the books are described with collations and valuable commentary. This set provides, in turn, detailed descriptions of 660, 220 and 217 works. Portraits, illustrations, facsimiles. Included: GRAY (George J.). A Bibliography of the Works of Isaac Newton. Together with a List of Books illustrating his Works. With notes by… Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Cambridge, Bowes and Bowes, 1907. In-8, publisher’s half-cloth binding, corners and edges worn, untrimmed. [4 ff.], 80 pp. Portrait on the frontispiece.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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