/ en /node/2218 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2021-07/Principia.jpg.webp?itok=eiyPotzg" width="655" height="435" alt="Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica (London, 1687), °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Bonfoy Trimnell (d. 1691): Birthday Poet, and Donor of Newton’s Principia </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">William Poole</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2021): 15</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/85" hreflang="en">Library Benefactors' Book</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/316" hreflang="en">Bonfoy Trimnell </a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">Isaac Newton</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/317" hreflang="en">BT1.128.26</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/318" hreflang="en">BT3.191.12</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s copy of the first edition of Isaac Newton’s <em>Principia Mathematica</em> (London, 1687) was donated to the college library shortly after its publication by the otherwise obscure Bonfoy Trimnell (BA 1686, MA 1690).&nbsp; Who was Bonfoy Trimnell and why is so very little known about him?&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-07/15NCN8%20%282021%29%20Poole%20on%20Trimnell.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=443835" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">15NCN8 (2021) Poole on Trimnell.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">433.43 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:40:36 +0000 Christopher 2218 at