1687-1700
Philosophiae Naturalis Principa Mathematica (1687)
[Possibly
the most influential book ever written. A copy of the First edition
sold at Christie's in New York for £58.500 in 2004]
(1713 Cambridge : 2nd Ed Quarto)
(1729 London : 1st English Edition. Octavo)
- 2 vols
(1729 for B Motte, London)
Offered in 1999 £5760
(1802 for Cadell & Davies. 2nd Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £470
1701-1730
Opticks, or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light
(1704 Smith & Walford, London)
(1718 Innys. 2nd Ed)
Offered in 1999 £1820
(1721 for W & J Innys, London. 3rd Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £1095
(1730 for Wm Innys, London. 4th Ed Corrected)
Universal Arithmetick (1720)
- Trans by J Raphson
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (1728 J Tonson, London)
Optical Lectures read in the Schools of the University of Cambridge, AD 1669
(1728 for Francis Fayram)
Offered in 1999 £2120
A Treatise of the System of the World (1728 F Fayram, London)
[1st edition in English of De Mundi Systemate]
(1740 London. 2nd Ed)
The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1729)
- 2 vols. Trans by A Motte
After 1731
The System of the World Demonstrated in an Easy & Popular Manner (1731 London)
(1740 for J Robinson. 2nd Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £280
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John (1733)
The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series (1736 for John Nourse, London)
Sir Isaac Newton's Two Treaties on the Quadrature of Curves (1745 J Bettenham, London)
Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr Bentley (1756)
Opera Quae Exstant Omnia (1779-85)
- 5 vols. Edited by S Horsley
The Correspondence 1661-1718 (1959-77 CUP for Royal Society)
- 7 vols
Unpublished Scientific Papers of Isaac Newton (1962 CUP)
- Ed by A R Hall & M B Hall
The Mathematical Papers of Sir Issac Newton (1967-77 CUP)
- 7 vols
READING
18thC
Henry Pemberton : A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy (1728 S Palmer, London)
Offered in 1999 for £665
Colin McLaurin : An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries in Four Books
(1748 for Author's Children, London)
Offered in 1998 at £315
19thC
Sir David Brewster : The Life of Isaac Newton (1831 Murray)
Sir David Brewster : Memoirs of the Life, Writings & Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
(1855 Edmonston & Douglas,
Edinburgh)
- 2 vols
20thC
George J Gray : A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton
(1907 Bowes, Cambridge)
(1967 Dawsons Pall Mall, London)
(Ed)
W J Greenstreet : Isaac Newton - A Memorial Volume edited for the Mathematical Association
(1927 Bell, London)
S Brodetsky : Sir Isaac Newton - A Brief Account of Life & Work (1927 Methuen)
L T More : Isaac Newton - A Biography (1934 London)
(1934 Scribner NY)
W Stukeley : Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life (1936 London)
J W N Sullivan : Isaac Newton 1642-1727 (1938 London)
F E Manuel : Isaac Newton, Historian (1963 Cambridge)
J D North : Isaac Newton (1967 OUP)
Peter & Ruth Wallis : Newton & Newtoniana 1672-1975 - A Bibliography (1977 Kent)
Michael White : Isaac Newton - The Last Sorcerer (1997 Fourth Estate £18.99)
Patricia Fara : Newton - The Making of Genius (2002 Macmillan £20)
James Gleick : Isaac Newton (2003 Fourth Estate £15)