Newton (Issac).- Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton, mis à la portée de tous, first edition, first issue, Amsterdam, Étienne Ledet & Company,

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Newton (Issac).- Voltaire (Fran ois Marie Arouet de) Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton, mis la portée de tous, first edition, first issue, half-title (bound after title), title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved allegorical frontispiece depicting Madame du Ch telet holding a mirror which illuminates the face of Newton (misbound at p.177), portrait of Voltaire, 6 plates, folding table, charming vignette head- and tail-pieces, and illustrations and diagrams in text by Folkema, La Cave, Picart and Van der Schley, errata to final verso, some spotting or staining, mostly lightly browned, little heavier in places, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with morocco label, joints repaired, rubbed, [Babson 120; BnF Voltaire Cat. 3744; Norman 2165; Wallis 155], 8vo, Amsterdam, tienne Ledet & Company, 1738. *** 'From 1725 to 1728, Voltaire lived in exile in England and became a fervent admirer of the Newtonian philosophy which he introduced into France. He may have met Newton...and he attended his funeral and knew his niece, Clara Barton Conduitt' (Babson). Includes a dedicatory poem to Voltaire's mistress Madame du Ch telet, who herself had studied Newton and translated the Principia into French.

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