77/2649 Newton, I. Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John. London, J. Darby and T. Browne, 1733, VI,(2),323p., engr. coat of arms of Peter King, 1st Baron King, late 19th/ early 20th-cent. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Library tickets and stamp of King's College on first endpapers and title-p.; a few lvs. trifle stained/ foxed; two lvs. w. sm. tear in blank margin. Upper joint sl. splitting. Otherwise a fine, clean copy.

= The first posthumous ed. of Newton's theological work. "It seems remarkable that a scientist could have written this theological study of abstruse prophecy, but Brewster says that Newton 'had been a searcher of the Scriptures from his youth, and he found it no abrupt transition to pass from the study of the material universe to an investigation of the profoundest truths, and the most obscure predictions, of Holy Writ (...). This ingenious work is characterized by great learning, and marked with the sagacity of its distinguished author.'" (Knight Babson, p.110).