⚠Significant bleed-through (ghosting) from the reverse side of the page is visible, showing reversed text from the title page of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS

ROYAL SOCIETY

THE MOST SERENE KING

CHARLES II

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

original: "Philosophiam." In the 18th century, "Natural Philosophy" was the standard term for the study of the physical world, encompassing physics, chemistry, and biology.

FOUNDED,

AND

UNDER THE AUSPICES

OF THE MOST SERENE KING

GEORGE

This refers to King George I, who was the reigning monarch when this third edition was published in 1726.

FLOURISHING,

HE GIVES, DEVOTES, AND DEDICATES THIS TREATISE.

original: "D. D. D." (Dat, Dicat, Dedicat). This was a standard Latin formula for a formal dedication, signaling the author's respect and the offering of their intellectual labor to a higher authority or esteemed body.

ISAAC NEWTON.