...il y est mort...

Newton, Isaac

[Portrait by É. J. Desrochers]

Published 1727-1728
Item ID 69827
€350.00

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Paris, Desrochers, ca. 1727-1728. Single leaf, 8vo-size (15.3 x 11.5 cm). Printed on one side. Printed surface 14.2 x 9.7 cm.

A very rare portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) at an advanced age, by the French engraver Étienne Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741). Desrochers was"...best known for his miniature portraits of his contemporaries" (Wikipedia). In 1726 he published his "Recueil de portraits des personnes qui se sont distinguées tant dans les Armes que dans les Belles Lettres et les Arts, comme aussi la famille Royale de France et Autres Cours Étrangères, 1726". This portrait perhaps is supplemental to this work. The caption reads: "fameux mathematicien né en Angleterre et il y est mort. De ce physicien, le sublime genie, De la nature entiere, a pénétre les loix, a ses profunds calculs, elle semble asservie, Et ne s'expliquer, plus, que par sa seule voix. R.". Only a few copies in libraries. Some light soiling, otherwise very good, with a strong impression.

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