Lot 272
Mathematics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Theorie des Fonctions Analytiques, contenant les Principes du Calcul Differentiel, first edition, Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Mathematics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Theorie des Fonctions Analytiques, contenant les Principes du Calcul Differentiel, first edition, first issue, with 277pp. and imprint on verso of last p., half-title, occasional spotting, uncut in original marbled wrappers, manuscript paper spine label, a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.
⁂ Rare first issue of Lagrange's formulation of calculus in terms of infinite series, which provided the basis for Cauchy's development of complex function theory.
Description
Mathematics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Theorie des Fonctions Analytiques, contenant les Principes du Calcul Differentiel, first edition, first issue, with 277pp. and imprint on verso of last p., half-title, occasional spotting, uncut in original marbled wrappers, manuscript paper spine label, a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797.
⁂ Rare first issue of Lagrange's formulation of calculus in terms of infinite series, which provided the basis for Cauchy's development of complex function theory.
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