ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720.) Abridg'd and Dispos'd under General Heads, London, 1721, 4to, 19 folding engraved plates, tables, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other volumes. (4)

ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720.) Abridg'd and Dispos'd under General Heads. In Two Volumes. By Henry Jones ... Vol. IV. Containing Part I. The Mathematical Papers. Part II. The Physiological Papers. London: "Printed by H. Parker, and Sold by G. Strahan in Cornhill [and others]", 1721. 4to (225 x 180mm). 19 folding engraved plates, letterpress tables, one folding (some mainly marginal dampstaining to the text and plates, more pronounced to the beginning and end, hole in final plate with some loss, corners of a few leaves torn away). Contemporary speckled calf (rubbed, joints split, upper cover almost detached). Provenance: Sigurd von Numers (modern signature on the front free endpaper; please see note to lot 304). FIRST EDITION. A printed note at the front states: "February 2. 1720-1. At a meeting of the Royal Society, Sir Isaac Newton, President, in the Chair, Mr. Jones Presented a Scheme and Specimen of an Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions, from the Year 1700 to the Year 1720. This Design was Approv'd of by the Society, and he was Desir'd to proceed Therein. Edm. Halley, Secr. Reg. Soc.", followed by Isaac Newton's printed imprimatur dated Octob. 27, 1721. With 3 other volumes of the same abridgement dated 1734 and 1747 (the latter comprising 2 parts in 2 volumes), all in very worn contemporary calf. The lot sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (4)