Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, abridged by himself.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.

Contributor:

Fréret, Nicolas, 1688-1749.

Founders Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Abrégé de Chronologie de M. le chevalier Newton, fait par lui-même, et traduit sur le manuscript anglois. English. 1728

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient.

Chronology, Historical.

Physical Description:

2+ unnumbered pages, 103 pages, 1 unnumbered page (last page blank) ; 22 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1728.]

Notes:

Retranslated from Nicolas Fréret's French translation of Newton's previously unpublished manuscript. The French version was published 1725 under title: Abrégé de Chronologie de M. Le Chevalier Newton, fait par lui-même, et traduit sur le manuscript Anglois. Cf. Gray, G.J. Newton, 312 and Cioranescu, A. 18. s., 29701.

Includes: Some observations on the foregoing Chronology, printed at Paris in the year 1725 / by Nicolas Fréret, with a special t.p.

Local Notes:

Caption title.

Imperfect: 2 or more prelim. p. (incl. t.p.) wanting. Earliest possible date of publication from Babson Institute. Catalogue, p. 107, no. 217.

With: Considerations on The theory of the earth / John Beaumont. [London : Randal Taylor, between 1693 and ca. 1700.]

OCLC:

21936331