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Opticks Newton, Isaac
London William and John Innys 1721
8vo, Opticks, third edition, the last printed in Newton’s lifetime. Includes title, 12 folding engraved plates, one slightly frayed at edge but rest near fine to fine, both advertisements preceding the text - Advertisement I and II advertisement 7pp., errata page, 2 pp. advertisement at rear with "Books printed for William and John Innys", contemporary calf, rebacked & recornered, very very good. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks comprises a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, describing Newton’s own experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction and more in language the lay person can easily follow. The great achievement of the work was to show that colour was a mathematically definable property. Near fine inside and complete, a very handsome addition to any library. [Babson 135] Don’t pay more for less. E-mail for more pictures.
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Darwin, Charles
London John Murray 1881
8vo, second edition (fourteenth thousand), with illustrations, half-title, exterior very nice but hinges very weak inside, in the original blind stamped green cloth very good, rubbed a little to extremities, gilt spine, darkened, interior excellent with pages white and fresh, no marks and foxing only to prelims. Among Darwin's works Descent is second only in importance to the Origin of Species and the book in which he uses the word evolution for the first time. This book is not merely revolutionary on a theoretical basis, but also in its thoughts on animals - including humans. 100 years before Jane Goodall `discovers' chimpanzees using tools, Darwin devotes more than a page to animals using tools. More than 110 years before vets begin to give dogs prozac, Darwin argues that dogs have a sense of humour. A shaken but clean very good copy in its original presentation. [Freeman 953]. E-mail for more pictures.
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