Newton: His Friend: And His Niece
London: Elliot Stock, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 161pp. Octavo [23 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the spine. Rubbed along the edges of the spine and boards. Endpapers cosmetically cracked along the hinges. Light foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves, else pages tanned with age. Ex-libris English collector C. J. Peacock, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Very Good. Item #71780
Edited by His Wife (Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan), and His Pupil, Arthur Cowper Ranyard. Enlarged from an article written in 1858 for "The Companion to the Almanac." The article was rejected by the editor. This work contains fresh information on the question of Newton's niece, Catherine Barton, and laws relating to marriage.
Price: $200.00