Artis analyticae specimina : sive, Geometria analytica

Name:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1710

Description:

Treatise on calculus and infinite series, in a copy made during Newton's lifetime from Newton's own manuscript, originally written in 1670-1671. This copy, written for William Jones, editor of another of Newton's works on calculus, was the source of the first printed editions in English in 1730 and 1737.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Offered for sale at an earlier date by Nigel Phillips Rare Books (Chilbolton, Hampshire).; Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 1135 (1991), number 64, and catalog 1175 (1993), number 78.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 30.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.; Jones, W. 1675-1749, former owner.; Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732, former owner.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs199.html

Subject:

Calculus -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Calculus

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Diagrams; Treatises; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

72 leaves : paper; 301 x 185 (258 x 143) mm bound to 310 x 200 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title in ink pasted on front flyleaf; later published under the title Methodus fluxionum.; Pagination: Paper, i + 72 + i leaves; [i-x], 1-100, [101-134 (blank)]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper outer corners. Catchwords on each page, lower right corner.; Layout: Written in 34-44 long lines; margins ruled in ink.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand (possibly a secretary to William Jones).; Decoration: Mathematical diagrams throughout.; Watermark: Maid of Dort form of Pro Patria watermark, with countermark of crowned GR.; Binding: Contemporary reversed calf binding, paneled in blind.; Origin: Written in Cambridge, England, circa 1710 (when William Jones had access to Isaac Newton's manuscript (D. T. Whiteside)).; Formerly owned by William Jones, mathematician, member of the Royal Society, and editor of some of Newton's works; deposited by Jones in the library of Shirburn Castle (shelfmark 175 E12; possible remnants of seal, p. 1), where Jones was tutor to Thomas Parker, later first earl of Macclesfield, and his son.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 199

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)