TOUSSAIN, Daniel.

by Daniel Toussain

£7,500 · Offered by Sokol Books

Rare first edition of this English translation of Daniel Toussain s, L exercice de l √¢me fidele, assavoir prieres et meditations pour se consoler en toutes sortes d afflictions. . Newton s library of nearly 2000 volumes remained virtually intact until 1920, when more than half the volumes were sold. John Harrison was therefore obliged to use three manuscripts sources to to reconstruct the library of Newton in his modern recension The library of Isaac Newton 1978, which contains a catalogue of Newton s books. These were firstly, the inventory of Newton s belongings made at his death, secondly a list made by Huggins, established a few months after his death (BL ms. Add. 25, 424), and a catalogue, dating from 1766-1767 made by Musgrave (Trinity College no. 17.36.) This work does not feature on the list made by Harrison. However a curious feature is that several pages have their corners folded, either up or down, in order to point to passages of the text, which is consistent with Newton s own particular usage; Evidence of Newton s use is provided by annotations or dog-earing (which are described in some detail wherever they occur), by references or citations in the manuscripts, and/or by subsequent research which has otherwise demonstrated or suggested his use of a particular source. While it is possible that some dog-earing was the work of subsequent owners, it is evident from the fact that most instances of it point quite precisely to passages of demonstrable importance to

• Binding: Hardcover

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