1728 Sir Isaac Newton - The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms
1728 Sir Isaac Newton - The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms
Sir Isaac Newton
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which Is Prefix'd a Short Chronicle From the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great
London: J. Tonson in the Strand, and J. Osborn and T. Longman in Pater-noster Row, 1728
First Edition
Paneled brown leather with gilt lettering; bound in mid-19th century calf; boards have a gilt tooled boarder, gilt turn-ins; some wear to gilt border; front board has a lighter patch where there was formerly a plate; bookplate dated 1880 on inside cover; small white stain on back board; marbled endpapers; text has a few light pencil marks, some age marks, otherwise clean; some shelfwear and bumping to boards; 3 architectural plans on folding maps intact and in excellent condition.