(Newton). WEBBER (R. B.). A Descriptive Catalog of the Grace - Lot 176

(Newton). WEBBER (R. B.). A Descriptive Catalog of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and the Material Relating to Him in the Babson Institute Library. With an introduction by... A supplement... compiled by Henry P. Macomber. A second supplement... prepared by I. Bernard Cohen & Clark Elliott. New York, 1950–1955–2002 (Reprint, 2005, except for the second supplement, which is a first edition). 3 in-8 volumes, [1 f]: portrait, XIV, 228 pp.; VIII, 91 pp.; and XXVIII, 95 pp., publisher’s cloth. An extraordinary collection in terms of its richness and scope. All books are described with collation details and valuable commentary. This set provides detailed descriptions of 660, 220, and 217 works, respectively. Portraits, illustrations, facsimiles. Included: GRAY (George J.). A Bibliography of the Works of Isaac Newton. Together with a List of Books illustrating his Works. With notes by… Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Cambridge, Bowes and Bowes, 1907. In-8, publisher’s half-cloth binding, corners and edges rubbed, untrimmed. [4 ff.], 80 pp. Portrait on the frontispiece.