EULER, Leonhard. Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum.Lausanne, Bousquet, 17482 tomes in 1 vol.
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5 000 € / 7 000 - 9
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4to, mm. 250x200; contemporary full vellum binding, label on the back, red edges; pp. 4 not numbered, XVI, 320, illustrated Frontispiece engraved by Soubeyran, portrait by Ficquet, 1 folded table out text; pp. 4 nn., 398, 2 nn., first sheet blank;
40 drawn folded plates out text numbered I-XL, at the time included within the volumes, not as states by the publisher at the end of the work, for normal printed copies. Watermark "AHF with lion". Note of possession on the Title-page of “Zangiacomi Gius. Val. Cav. Opiterginum”.
FIRST EDITION of the most famous work of Euler. Honeyman: “The first appearance of the definition of mathematical function, one of the fundamental concepts of modern mathematics”. PMM: “In his 'Introduction to Mathematical Analysis' Euler did for modern anlysis what Euclid had done for ancient geometry. It contains an exposition of algebra, trigonometry and analytical geometry, both plane and solid, a definition of logarithms as exponents, and important contributions to the theory of equations. He evolved the modern exponential treatment of logarithms, including the fact that each number has an infinity of natural logarithms. In the early chapters there appears for the first time the definition of mathematical function, one of the fundamental concepts of modern mathematics.” Cajori: “A work that caused a revolution in analytical mathematics, a subject which had hitherto never been presented in so general systematic manner.”
Honeyman, n. 1065; P.M.M., 196; Cajori, p. 233; Norman 732.
Fresh specimen.
40 drawn folded plates out text numbered I-XL, at the time included within the volumes, not as states by the publisher at the end of the work, for normal printed copies. Watermark "AHF with lion". Note of possession on the Title-page of “Zangiacomi Gius. Val. Cav. Opiterginum”.
FIRST EDITION of the most famous work of Euler. Honeyman: “The first appearance of the definition of mathematical function, one of the fundamental concepts of modern mathematics”. PMM: “In his 'Introduction to Mathematical Analysis' Euler did for modern anlysis what Euclid had done for ancient geometry. It contains an exposition of algebra, trigonometry and analytical geometry, both plane and solid, a definition of logarithms as exponents, and important contributions to the theory of equations. He evolved the modern exponential treatment of logarithms, including the fact that each number has an infinity of natural logarithms. In the early chapters there appears for the first time the definition of mathematical function, one of the fundamental concepts of modern mathematics.” Cajori: “A work that caused a revolution in analytical mathematics, a subject which had hitherto never been presented in so general systematic manner.”
Honeyman, n. 1065; P.M.M., 196; Cajori, p. 233; Norman 732.
Fresh specimen.
