Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light / By Sir Isaac Newton.

London : Printed for W. and J. Innys, 1718.

8 unnumbered pages, 382 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 12 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)

The second edition /

Gray 176

Babson 134

ESTC t018663

ESTC T18663

Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 403

Second issue of second edition (first issue: 1717)

Woodcuts: initials, ornaments, and diagrams

Corrigenda: facing p. 1

"Advertisements" 1 and 2, signed I.N. and dated April 1 1704 and July 16 1717 respectively: p. [3-7] of unnumbered prelims

Publisher's advertisement: final [2] p.

As first issue, except for new t.p. and re-imposition of first two pages of Advertisement 1 (p. [3-4] of unnumbered prelims).--cf. Gray 176

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sir W. Paton's executors Note: Binding: Contemp. calf, blind panelled. MS initials "O A"(?) on t.p. Signatures on preliminary blank leaf (first two crossed out): Geo. van Tright (?), Thomas Hilton, J. H. Bilby Jun. (?) From the library of Sir William Paton