Collected by an anarchist and a librarian

Top lot in a recent sale conducted by Galerie Bassenge (23% buyer’s premium) of Berlin, at €140,000 (£121,800), was a 1687 first issue of Newton’s 'Principia mathematica….'

In more recent times this copy of one of the more famous and influential books ever printed formed…

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