A Portrait Bust of Sir Isaac Newton by Josiah Wedgewood...
by [NEWTON, Isaac]. ADAMS, Edward Dean
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[NEWTON, Isaac]. ADAMS, Edward Dean. A Portrait Bust of Sir Isaac Newton by Josiah Wedgwood the English Potter. 12mo, original blue boards, paper label, frontispiece, half-title, title, pp. [10] + 1 plate, uncut. [New York:] Privately Printed [by Bartlett Orr Press] for the Engineering Foundation, January, 1926.
Only Edition. Presented by Adams, a noted engineer, to great American mechanical engineer Ambrose Swasey (see DAB): "To Ambrose Swasey. This record of a search in hopes that it may be as interesting to him as it was in its conduct to his sincere friend and well wisher. Edward Dean Adams June 10, 1927." Frontispiece of the Newton bust, which had been in the possession of Adams for over sixty years. With large Swasey ex-libris on rear pastedown depicting the "36 inch Lick Telescope" the observatory having been built by him. Not in Babson. OCLC locates four copies. No copies for sale online as of this date (1/28/22). Fine.
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- Title
- A Portrait Bust of Sir Isaac Newton by Josiah Wedgewood...
- Author
- [NEWTON, Isaac]. ADAMS, Edward Dean
- Format/Binding
- Originsal blue boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Engineering Foundation
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- [10]
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Isaac Newton
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