A light read... 300-year-old first 版 Sir Isaac Newton 調書をとる／予約する on 'opticks' goes on sale for £400,000

  • 'Opticks' is considered one of the greatest 作品 in the history of science
  • Leather-bound 調書をとる／予約する has been held by a 私的な collector for the past 50 years
  • The rare tome will be sold by 会議 Auctions next month on June 9

By Liz 船体 for the Daily Mail

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It would give the 調書をとる／予約する club girls something to gawp at. For a 300-year-old first 版 by Sir Isaac Newton is going on sale ? and it could be yours for, erm, £400,000.

The 極端に rare 調書をとる／予約する, 存在 auctioned next month, is the culmination of 40 years’ 研究 into the 所有物／資産／財産s of light by Newton.

Opticks: Or A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is considered one of the greatest 作品 in the history of science and second only to Newton’s work on the 法律s of 動議 and gravity.?

An extremely rare first edition book by Sir Isaac Newton has emerged for sale for £400,000

An 極端に rare first 版 調書をとる／予約する by Sir Isaac Newton has 現れるd for sale for £400,000

Opticks: Or A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is considered one of the greatest works in the history of science and second only to Newton’s work on the laws of motion and gravity

Opticks: Or A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is considered one of the greatest 作品 in the history of science and second only to Newton’s work on the 法律s of 動議 and gravity

The leather-bound 調書をとる／予約する, pictured, still in its 初めの 条件, has been held by a 私的な collector for the past 50 years.

Only 180 copies are thought to 存在する.?

But this 版 is 高度に sought after because it was one of six 贈呈 copies 手渡すd to friends and 同僚s by Newton himself.?

This 版 was given to his の近くに friend, スイスの mathematician Nicolas Fatio in 1704, who inscribed it ‘the most famous gift from the author’ in Latin.?

It will be sold by 会議 Auctions on June 9.

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