[PEMBERTON, Henry].

A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy.

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Engraved vignette on title, 16 engraved vignettes & initials (all by Pine) in the text, & 12 folding engraved plates. 25 p.l., 407 pp. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf (well-rebacked with the orig. spine laid-down), single gilt fillet round sides, spine nicely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: S. Palmer, 1728. [bound with]:[WHISTON, William]. [Drop-title]: Sir Isaac Newton’s Corollaries from his Philosophy and Chronology; in His Own Words. 16 pp. Large 4to. N.p.: n.d. [but probably London: 1728]. I. First edition and an unusually fresh and attractive copy. Pemberton (1694-1771), was invited by Newton to edit the third edition (1726) of the Principia. “This study of Newton’s philosophy is interesting as being the account of a close friend. The preface contains the author’s recollections of Newton, especially in his old age.”–Babson 98. This handsome book is the first to be printed in any of Caslon’s Roman types and may be the first appearance of his Great Primer Roman, his second Roman. II. First edition. “This rare book contains extracts from Newton’s Opticks, Principia, and his Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp. 238-39. Whiston (1667-1752), was selected by Newton to succeed him in the Lucasian chair at Cambridge and he edited Newton’s Arithmetica Universalis (1707). However, in 1710 he was sacked from his Chair and banished from the University due to his unorthodox religious beliefs. Fine and large copies which are occasionally found together. Final twenty leaves with some unimportant marginal worming. ❧ Wallis 169.

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