NMLP P-043621 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

Isaac Newton · Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, London · 1704

The defining first-issue point is an absence: the title page is printed in red and black within a decorative border and the imprint carries no author's name — Opticks was published anonymously

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-043621 for "Opticks: or, a Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light" by Isaac Newton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043621, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).