Bonfoy Trimnell / en Bonfoy Trimnell (d. 1691): Birthday Poet, and Donor of Newton’s Principia /node/2218 Bonfoy Trimnell (d. 1691): Birthday Poet, and Donor of Newton’s Principia William Poole Issue number (2021): 15 Notes category Library Antiquarian Library Benefactors' Book Bonfoy Trimnell Isaac Newton BT1.128.26 BT3.191.12

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ’s copy of the first edition of Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica (London, 1687) was donated to the college library shortly after its publication by the otherwise obscure Bonfoy Trimnell (BA 1686, MA 1690).  Who was Bonfoy Trimnell and why is so very little known about him?  

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.128.26

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford
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