Catalogue Entry: THEM00112

Incomplete proofs of the 1733 edition of Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. Iohn.

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: NC10, Hampshire Record Office, Winchester, UK

Custodial History

Withdrawn from the Sotheby sale by Lymington and retained by him. On 18 and again on 24 September 1936 Sotheby's told Yahuda that Lymington was negotiating with another buyer but presumably no sale resulted and Lymington ultimately deposited the manuscript with the Record Office..

Sotheby Lot

SL270

Contents

Unbound, with extensive manuscript corrections (probably by Newton's half-nephew Benjamin Smith, who oversaw the publication). The pages represented are 25-40, 73-96, 105-112, 121-160, 169-192, 201-208, 217-231, 281-323 (the end).

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