Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur

by Anna Marie Roos

Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Sir Isaac Newton's prot g , astronomer, mathematician, freemason, art connoisseur, Voltaire's friend and Hogarth's patron, his was an intellectually vibrant world. Folkes was possibly the best-connected natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198830068
• ISBN13: 9780198830061
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"