Lot 279
Mechanics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Méchanique analitique, first edition, Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1788, bound with another by the same, together 2 in 1.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Description
Mechanics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Méchanique analitique, first edition, half-title, Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1788, bound with Théorie des fonctions analytiques, Paris, de l’Imprimerie de la République, [1797] together 2 in 1, the odd spot but overall very clean, contemporary calf, slight signs of wear to corners and spine head, 4to.
⁂ An exceptional volume pairing two important works by Lagrange, most significantly containing the first edition his seminal 'Méchanique', which has been described as laying the foundations of modern mechanics and occupying a place in the history of that subject second only to Newton's 'Principia'.
Description
Mechanics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Méchanique analitique, first edition, half-title, Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1788, bound with Théorie des fonctions analytiques, Paris, de l’Imprimerie de la République, [1797] together 2 in 1, the odd spot but overall very clean, contemporary calf, slight signs of wear to corners and spine head, 4to.
⁂ An exceptional volume pairing two important works by Lagrange, most significantly containing the first edition his seminal 'Méchanique', which has been described as laying the foundations of modern mechanics and occupying a place in the history of that subject second only to Newton's 'Principia'.
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