2 volumes : 20 cm (8vo)

Isaac Newton's The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy translated by Andrew Motte and published in two volumes in 1729 remains the first and only translation of Newton's Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, which was first published in London in 1687. As the most famous work in the history of the physical sciences there is little need to summarize the contents.--J. Norman, 2006

First English translation, based on the 1726 Latin edition

Volume 1: 38 unnumbered pages, 320 pages, 71 pages, 1 unnumbered page, XXV folded leaves of engraved plates; volume 2: 2 unnumbered pages, 393 pages, 13 unnumbered pages, viii pages, XIX folded leaves of engraved plates, 3 folded leaves of engraved plates, 2 folded leaves of letterpress printed plates

Signatures: v.1. pi1 [superscript pi]A², A⁸ a⁸ B-X⁸, ²A-D⁸ E⁴ -- v.2. [A]1 [=2D8?] B-2C⁸ 2D⁸( -2D8)

In some copies Machin's Laws of the moon's motion according to gravity is bound in the first volume, in some cases it is bound in the second volume, and in some cases it is bound in both volumes

Error in signing: Leaf ²B4 mis-signed B in v. 1

Volume 2 includes index

Wood-cut head- and tail-pieces, initials, factotums

Engraved frontispieces in both volumes, and engraved headpieces, all by Andrew Motte