4to. Title printed within a typographical border, text printed within single-rule border. (Lacking first and final blanks, as often, lacking A1 "License," some minor soiling or spotting, small marginal mathematical pencil annotations throughout, G7 w/ paper flaw affecting border.) Contemporary blind-tooled calf, old manuscript label to spine (old repairs to hinges reattaching covers). Provenance: Thomas Foley (contemporary signature); presumably Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley (1703–1766), Fellow of the Royal Society (armorial bookplate).  

Second edition, the suppressed Beale edition: [Beale's] right to the title was disputed and his press taken down, the edition confiscated, and, despite powerful outside interference, he was forced to make submission" (Pforzheimer 31). ESTC S100372; Gibson 17; STC 1151.