Shelfmark
Fk.3.15(02)
Author
Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657 - 1757 (Bernard Le Bovier)
Uniform title
[Eloge de Monsieur le Chevalier Neuton. English and French]
Title
The life of Sir Isaac Newton; with an account of his writings. By M. Fontenelle, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris.
Varying form of title
English miscellanies
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for James Woodman and David Lyon in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, MDCCXXVIII [1728].
Physical description
[2], 26, 23, [1]p ; 24cm. (4to).
Note
Includes the French text with separate pagination and register.
Note
Running title, "Panegyrick of Sir Isaac Newton".
Note
Price from imprint: Price 1 s. 6 d.
Citation/references note
ESTC T95264
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1997 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 9634, no.05).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
18th century quarter brown calf; red and blue marbled paper covered boards; five raised bands; spine title: "English miscellanies".
Copy-specific note
Bound with five other items.
Copy-specific note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Dm.3.15.
Copy-specific note
Ms.: in pencil "Checked March 1924 (additions made to gen cat)".
Subject
Subject
Mathematicians Biography Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Subject
Physicists Biography Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Woodman, James bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B21749