The Royal Society contains a fine library of early scientific books and manuscripts. The four books were De Momento quo gravia by Francesco Spoleti, Venice, 1686; Epistola ad amicum by Henry Pemberton, London, 1722; Institutions Newtoniennes by Pierre Sigorgne, Paris, 1747; and Philosophiae recentioris... by Benedetto Stay, Rome, 1775 .
Item Provenance
Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle until sold at Sotheby's on 25-26 October 2005