A stunning first edition copy of Isaac Newton's "Naturalis Principia" that was specially bound and presented to King James II has sold at Christie's December 6 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana auction in New York.
The exquisitely bound book was valued at $400,000-600,000, but made a superb 320.0% increase on estimate to sell for $2.5m - a price that Paul Fraser Collectibles believes to be a record for the work. One of the most important books in the history of science, it was boosted by its royal provenance.
It is in the "Principia" (full title Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica), that physicist Isaac Newton first published his universally-acclaimed Law of Gravity in 1687.
(http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com)
Oleg Kobec
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