2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, titles in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, most folding, numerous woodcut illustrations, vol.1 with slight worming at beginning, affecting some text and plates, 6E3-4 with a couple of small burn-holes with slight loss of text, small paper flaw to one leaf in vol.2 with slight loss of text, occasional light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, for Dan. Brown [&c.], 1708-10. *** Subscriber's copy, with ownsership signature to front free endpaper of vol.1 of Richard West, who is listed in the subscribers in vol.2. Also listed are Sir Isaac Newton (whose introduction on the Nature of Acids, in both Latin and English, precedes the subscribers list), Stephen Hales and Thomas Tompion
2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, titles in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, most folding, numerous woodcut illustrations, vol.1 with slight worming at beginning, affecting some text and plates, 6E3-4 with a couple of small burn-holes with slight loss of text, small paper flaw to one leaf in vol.2 with slight loss of text, occasional light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio, for Dan. Brown [&c.], 1708-10. *** Subscriber's copy, with ownsership signature to front free endpaper of vol.1 of Richard West, who is listed in the subscribers in vol.2. Also listed are Sir Isaac Newton (whose introduction on the Nature of Acids, in both Latin and English, precedes the subscribers list), Stephen Hales and Thomas Tompion
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