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HARRIS, John. Lexicon Technicum, 1704. large-paper

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London: Printed for Dan Brown, Tim Goodwin, John Wahler, The Newborough, John Nicholson, etc., 1704 - 1710. 2 volumes. Folio (385 x 240 mm). Portrait frontispiece and 7 plates (some folding). Handsomely bound in recent panelled calf in the style of the period, spine tooled lettered in gilt with raised bands and a red morocco lettering label. Condition: some light dampstaining and foxing, repair to tear of one plate; slight rubbing to boards. rare large-paper copy of the first edition of harris' important lexicon. Compiled by the Secretary of the Royal Society, Harris drew on the work of Halley, Boyle, Newton and others to create his Lexicon. Newton, listed as a subscriber, also contributed an original work on chemistry, his only on the field. The subscriber list in the second volume indicates that approximately only 30 copies of the large paper edition were ordered.

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