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"ABEL, NIELS HENRIK. - ""A MONUMENT MORE LASTING THAN BRONCE"" (LEGENDRE).
Mémoire sur une propriété générale d'une classe trés-étendue de fonctions transcendantes. - [ABEL'S THEOREM]
Paris, Académie des Sciences, 1841 (submitted 1826). 4to. (257x197mm). Extract from: 'Mém. Acad. d. Sciences de Paris', 1841, pp.176-264. Contemporary half calf with gilt spine lettering. Spine with a little wear. Some light brown spotting throughout. Otherwise fine and clean.
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"LEUPOLD, JACOB. & ERNST SCHEFFLER.
Theatrum arithmetico geometricum, das ist: Schau-Platz der Rechen- und Mess-Kunst, ... [With:] Theatri machinarum supplementum das ist: Zusatz zum Schau-Platz der Machinen und Instrumenten, ... - [THE ART OF CALCULATION AND MEASUREMENT]
Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel and Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, 1727-1739. Folio. (372x239mm). Two parts in one volume. Contemporary vellum, two cuts in spine, modern slip case. Provenance: Book plates of Arnaud de Vitry and Andras Gedeon. Stamps to half-title and title-page, from Stadtbibliothek Augsburg - sold as duplicate. First part: (14], 200, (4) pp. and 45 plates, numbered I-XLIII (plate III with volvelle). Second part: (12), 100, (94) pp. and 40 plates on 36 sheets, numbered I-XL. All plates intact. An exceptionally fine copy.
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"LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS.
Théorie des fonctions analytiques, contenant les principes du calcul différentiel, dégagés de toute considération d'infiniment petits ou d'évanouissans, de limites ou de fluxions et réduits à l'analyse algébrique des quantités finies. - [FOUNDATION OF ANALYSIS]
Paris, De L'Imprimerie de la République, An V (1797). 4to. Uncut and partially unopened. Contemporary manuscript-binding. Provenance: With the exlibris of Stillman Drake - one of the most renown Galileo scholars. Some light brown spotting through out. Otherwise a very good copy. (4),VIII,276 pp.
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"HINTIKKA, JAAKKO.
Knowledge and Belief. An Introduction to the Logic of the two Notions. - [FOUNDING CONTEMPORARY EPISTEMIC LOGIC]
Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, (1962). 8vo. Orig. full blue cloth w. blue lettering to spine and front board. Very minor bumping to capitals and minor bleaching to small part of lower spine. Original blue dust-jacket w. red lettering. Spine faded and some minor brownspotting. Stamp to title-page ( Weston College Library Weston, Mass.) and stamped library-number and date to verso of title-page. An excellent, internally near mint, copy in an unusually fine dust-jacket. Not price-clipped. X, 179 pp.
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"OHM, G.S. (GEORG SIMON).
Grundlinien zu einer zweckmässigen Behandlung der Geometrie als höheren Bildungsmittels an verbereitenden Lehranstalten. Mit zwei Kupfertafeln. - [OHM'S FIRST WORK]
Erlangen, J.J. Palm und Ernst Enke, 1817. 8vo. Nice cont. marbled cardboardbinding w. gilt title label and single gilt lines to spine. Corners and edges of boards bumped and some minor wear to capitals, otherwise very nice and clean. Also internally in excellent condition, w. almost no brownspotting. A few leaves w. marginal markings, all in weak pencil. Printed on good paper. XXXII, 224, (2, -errata) pp, 2 folded plates.
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COHEN, PAUL J.
The Independence of the Continuum Hypothesis, Part I-II [In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 50 51, pp.1143-1148 105-110] + Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis. - [THE AXIOM OF CHOICE AND THE CONTINUUM HYPOTHESIS]
Washington, 1963-64. 8vo. The two complete volumes 50 and 51 of the 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' in contemporary half cloth bindings + original printed wrappers.
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EUCLID (EUKLID) OF ALEXANDRIA.
Euclidis Elementorum libri XV. Una cum scholiis antiqvis a Federico Commandino Urbinate in latinum conuersi. Ac nuper a multis mendis quibus antea scatebat vendicati....
Pisavri (Pesaro), Typis Flaminij Concordiæ, 1619. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Fronthinge nearly broken, but still holding. Titlepage in red a. black. (8) of 10 leaves, lacking first leaf of the foreword and last leaf of Index. Text complete. 255 leaves with many figures in the text. First 16 leaves with some browning and foxing in lower right corners. 5 leaves mended, no loss of text and 8 with smaller repairs, no loss. A few annotations in margins in old hand.
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RIEMANN, BERNHARD.
Ueber die Fortpflanzung ebener Luftwellen von endlicher Schwingungsweite. - [RIEMANN'S MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS]
Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1860. 4to. (263x211mm). Offprint from the eighth volume of the 'Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen'. Bound in recent attractive marbled boards. Paper title label on front board. 25,(1:blank) pp.
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HERMITE, CHARLES. - HERMITE'S THEOREM.
Sur la fonction exponentielle. (In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, vol 77, pp.18-24 74-79 226-233 285-293). - [IMPORTANT PAPER IN NUMBER THEORY]
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 4to. (282x225mm). Entire volume (1628 pp.) offered here in original blank wrappers, unopened. An exceptionally fine copy. 4 parts
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VON NEUMANN, JOHANN (JOHN).
Eine Axiomatisierung der Mengenlehre. [In: Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, vol. 154, pp.219-240]. - [THE VON NEUMANN AXIOMS OF SET THEORY]
Berlin & Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter, 1925. Large 4to. (300x234mm). The entire volume 154 [(4),259,(1) pp.] offered here in original blank wrappers. Exceptionally fine.
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GENOCCHI, ANGELO (recte GIUSEPPE PEANO).
Calcolo differenziale e principii di calcolo integrale, pubbicato con aggiunte dal Dr. Giuseppe Peano. - [A FOUNDATIONAL WORK OF THE SCIENCE OF INFINITESIMAL CALCULUS]
Torino, Fratelli Bocca, 1884. 8vo. Cont. full green cloth w. gilt title and ornamentation to spine. Minor occasional browning. A very nice and clean copy. XXXII, 333, (5, -index and errata) pp.
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"PEANO, GUISEPPE.
Applicazioni geometriche del calcolo infinitesimale. - [THE ""GEOMETRICAL CALCULUS""]
Torino, Bocca, 1887. Large 8vo. Cont. half vellum binding with gilt leather title-label to spine. Old library-mark rather crudely removed from back. Inner front hinge a bit weak. A bit of brownspotting. Library-stamp to title-page. XII, 334, (2) pp.
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HUYN, P.N.
La Théorie des Jeux de Hasard " ou, analyse du Krabs, du Passe-dix, de la Roulette, du Trente & Quarante, du Pharaon, du Biribi & du Lotto. - [GAMES OF CHANCE]
[No place], 1788. 8vo. Bound in a recent full blue paper binding w. paper title-label to front board. Uncut. A bit of minor soiling to title-page, otherwise nice and clean. 51 pp.
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"PEANO, GUISEPPE.
Applicazioni geometriche del calcolo infinitesimale. + Calcolo Geometrico secondo l'Ausdehnungslehre di H. Grassmann. Preceduto dalle Operazioni della logica deduttiva. - [THE BEGINNING OF PEANO'S LOGIC AND THE ""GEOMETRICAL CALCULUS""]
Torino, Bocca, 1887 + 1888. Royal 8vo. Bound uncut w. the original wrappers of both works in one very nice a bit later (ab. 1920) red hcalf w. five raied bands to back. Single gilt lines to raised bands and gilt title on spine. A bit of soiling to wrappers, which have minor lacks to the inner hinges, where they are mounted onto hinge-strips. Front-wrappers w. stamp from ""Fratelli Bocca Editori"". A bit of brownspotting, mainly to first work. A very fine and attractive copy of these two works, very finely bound together. XII, 334, (2) + X, (2), 170, (2) pp.
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"EULER, LEONHARD.
Principes de la Trigonometrie Spherique tirés de la Méthode des plus Grands et plus Petits (Principles of spherical Trigonometry deduced from the Method of Maxima and Minima). (And same author:) Élémens de la Trigonometrie spheroidique tirés de la Met... - [EULER'S SPHERICAL GEOMETRY]
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1755). 4to. Without wrappers as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome IX, pp. 223-257 and 1 folded engraved plate (a tear to plate, no loss), and pp. 258-293 and 1 folded engraved plate.
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"ABEL, NIELS HENRIK.
(7 papers in ""Crelle's Journal"":) 1. Untersuchung der Functionen zweier unabhängig veränderlichen Grössen x und y, wie f(x,y), welche die Eigenschaft haben, dass f(z, f(x,y)) eine symmetrische Function von z,x und y ist. - 2. Beweis der Unmöglichkeit ...
Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, 1826. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Part of spine lacks, some of spine loose. IV,387,(1) pp. and 5 folded engraved plates. Wide margins, on good paper, light marginal browning, a few scattered brownspots. The whole volume of ""Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Herausgegeben von A.L. Crelle"" Erster Band. In 4 Heften. Mit 5 Kupfern. Abel's papers: pp. 11-15, pp. 65-84, pp. 159-60, pp. 185-221, pp. 311-339, pp. 153-160, pp. 117-136.
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ABEL, NIELS HENRIK - MEMORIAL VOLUMES.
Niels Henrik Abel in Memoriam. (Herausgegeben - Redigée von G. Mittag-Leffler). 3 Bde.
Berlin, Uppsala & Stockholm, Paris, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1902-1904. 4to. Bound in 3 contemp. hcloth. A small nick to top of spine on one volume. Stamps on titlepages (Carl Zeiss Jena). (6),400 (8),389 (8),394 pp. a. 1 letter in facsimile. (= Acta Mathematica Bd. 26, 27 and 28). Internally fine and clean.
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"NEWTON, ISAAC.
La Methode des Fluxions, et des Suites Infinies Par le Chevalier Newton. (Translated by G. Louis Le Clerc, ount de Buffon). - [THE CALCULUS - THE INFINITESIMAL METHOD]
Paris, De Bure, 1740. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, richly gilt spine and and red speckled edges. Leather title-label to spine. Corners neatly repaired. Title in red/black. (2), III-XXX, (2) Errata, 148 pp., many diagrams. The ""Preface"" and the first 18 leaves of the text with a foxing to lower margin and right corners. The ""Preface"" is an historical account of Newton's method ""la sublime méthode"", written by Buffon. Without the leaf ""Extrait des Registres"".
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"LAPLACE, PIERRE-SIMON.
Philosophischer Versuch über Wahrscheinlichkeiten. Nach der dritten Pariser Auflage übersetzt von Friedrich Wilhelm Tönnies. Als wissenschaftliche Anleitung zur Berichtigung unsere Urtheile in Fällen der Ungewischheit für Philosophen, Aerzte, Richter,... - [THE LAPLACIAN DETERMINISM]
Heidelberg, Karl Groos, 1819. Contemp. marbled boards. Title-label with gilt lettering probably of more recent date. A stamp on titlepage. XIV,(2),207 pp. Very light browning to a few leaves and margins, otherwise fine.
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"LOBATSCHEVSKY (LOBACHEVSKY, LOBACHEVSKII, LOBACEVSKIJ, LOBATSCHEWSKIJ), (NIKOLAI IVANOVITSCH).
Probabilité des résultats moyens tirés d'observations répétées. - [THE FIRST PRINTING OF ANY PART OF HIS ""GEOMETRIYA""]
Berlin, G. reimer, 1842. 4to. No wrappers. In: Crelle's ""Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik."", 24. Band, zweites Heft., Titlepage to Zweites Heft and pp. 93-188 and 3 plates. Lobatschewsky's paper pp. 164-170.
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"ROBINS, BENJAMIN & LEONARD (LEONHARD).
Nouveaux Principes D'Artillerie..., commentés par Leonard Euler, traduits de L'Allemand, avec Notes, Par M. Lombard. - [WITH ROYAL PROVENANCE]
Dijon & Paris, L.N. Frantin & Jombert, 1783. Bound in fine contemp. full calf, raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A stamp on htitle and titlepage. (4),XIV,538,X,(1) pp. and 2 folded engraved plates. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.
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"BOLZANO, BERNARD.
Versuch einer objectiven Begründung der Lehre von den drei Dimensionen des Raumes. (Aus dem Abhandlungen der k. böhm. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (V Folge, Bd. 3).) - [BOLZANO'S FIRST WORK ON SPACE AND TIME]
Prag [Prague], 1843. 4to. Uncut in the original printed light pink wrappers, with a dicreet new black cloth back-strip. A bit of brownspotting and minor chipping to edges pf wrappers, but overall a very nice copy of this fairly fragile publication. 15, (1) pp.
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"KLEIN, FELIX.
Ueber die sogenannte Nicht-Euklidische Geometrie (+) Ueber die sogenannte Nicht-Euklidische Geometrie. (Zweiter Aufsatz). - [TWO MAIN WORKS ON NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY]
Leipzig, B.G.Teubner, 1871 u. 1873. Bound in 2 later full cloth. Small stamp on foot of titlepages.In. ""Mathematische Annalen. In Verbindung mit C. Neumann begründet durch Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch"", IV. und VI. Band. (4),637 pp. a. (4),642 pp., 6 plates. Klein's papers: pp. 573-625 a. pp. 112-145. Both volumes offered.
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"FOURIER, (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH). - TOWARDS THE ANALYTICAL THEORY OF HEAT.
7 Papers on Radiant Heat: 1. Théorie de la chaleur (Extrait) - 2. Note sur la Chaleur rayonnante. - 3. Sur la Théorie-Physique de la Chaleur rayonnante. - 4. Extrait d'un Mémoire sur la Refroidissement séculaire du globe terrestre. - 5. Remarques géné... - [THE GREEN-HOUSE EFFECT]
(Paris, Crochard, 1816, 1817,1817,1820, 1824, 1824, 1825). Without wrappers as issued in: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."". Vol. 3, pp. 350-375. - Vol. 4, pp. 128-145. - Vol. 6, pp. 259-303. - Vol. 13, pp. 418-38. - Vol. 27, pp. 136-167. - Vol. 27, pp. 236-281. - Vol. 28, pp. 337-365.
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"(LEIBNITZ, G.W.) G.G.L. [= GOTTFREDUS GUGLIELMUS LEIBNITZ el. LEIBNIZ].
Specimen Novum Analyseos pro Scientia Infiniti, circa Summas & Quadraturas. [In: Acta eruditorum anno MDCCII publicata]. - [THE INTEGRATION OF RATIONAL FUNCTIONS]
Lipsiae [Leipzig], Gross, Frisch and Groschuf, 1702. 4to. Entire volume present. Bound in a nice contemporary full vellum with handwritten year and an old library-label to spine. A bit of soiling. Internally evenly brownspotted throughout, occasionally with heavier brownspotting (not the Leibnitz-article). Discreet stamp ti title-page and to first leaf of text. Pp. 210-219 + one folded plate (""Regulae universales pro fractionibus numeratoris indeterminati...""). [Entire volume: (2), 566 pp. + 9 folded engraved plates.
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"GRAFFENRIED, JOHAN RUDOLFF von.
Arithmeticae Logisticae. Popularis Libri IIII. In welscher der Algorithmus in ganzen Zahlen und Fracturen/ sampt der Proportionen... Allen freyen Mathematischen Kunstbegierigen/ und jedermenniglich zu gutem auss den fürnembsten Authoren zusammen getra...
Bern, Abraham Weerli, (1618) - 1619. 4to. Contemporary full calf binding with brass clasps. Five raised bands and single gilt line-ornamentation to back. Single gilt line-borders to boards. Professional, very neat restorations to back. Some browning and a, mostly marginal, damp-stain to first leaves, but overall a very nice and attractive copy. Many diagrams and computations in the text. Title-page in red and black, with woodcut ornamental border. Woodcut title-pages to second, third, and fourth parts (all part of the collation, all dated 1618). 1/3 page woodcut at end. (56), 704, (16) pp. + two folded diagrams.
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"PEIRCE, C(HARLES) S(ANDERS).
On the Algebra of Logic [In: American Journal of Mathematics. Volume III. Number I.]. - [INTRODUCING MODERN SEMANTICS]
Cambridge, 1880. 4to, entire issue present (Vol. III, no. 1). With the original printed wrappers. Uncut. Wrappers detached and with tears and loss to extremities. Backtrip gone. Stitching a bit loose. Internally nice and clean. Pp. (15)-57. [Entire issue 96 pp. + 2 plates]
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"PEIRCE, C(HARLES) S(ANDERS).
A Quincuncial Projection of the Sphere + On the Ghosts in Rutherfurd's Diffraction-Spectra. [In: American Journal of Mathematics. Volume II. Number 4.]. - [THE PEIRCE QUINCUNCIAL PROJECTION + ""GHOSTS""]
Baltimore, John Murphy & Co., 1879. 4to, entire issue present (Vol. II, no. 4). With the original printed wrappers. Uncut. Wrappers loose and with tears and loss to extremities. Backtrip gone. Stitching a bit loose. Internally nice and clean. First paper: A Quincuncial Projection of the Sphere pp. (394)-396 + 1 folded table. Second paper: On the Ghosts in Rutherfurd's Diffraction-Spectra pp. (330)-347. [Entire issue: pp. (293)-404 + IV, (2) pp]
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LEIBNIZ (LEIBNITZ), G.F. - DENYS PAPIN - JAKOB BERNOULLI.
De Lineis Opticis, et alia " Excerpta ex literis ad--- (+) Schediasma de Resistentia Medii, & Motu projectorum gravium in medio resistente. (+) Tentamen de Motuum Coelestium causis. (+) De Linea Isochrona, in qua grave sine acceleratione descendit, & d... - [THE WAR OF THE GIANTS NEWTON AND LEIBNIZ ON THE WORLD SYSTEM]
Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1689. 4to. Contemporary full vellum. Faint hand-written title to spine. A small stamp on title-page. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXIX"". (8), 653, (7) pp. and 15 engraved plates. As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. The entire volume offered. Leibniz's papers: pp. 36-38 a. 1 engraved plate" pp. 38-46 pp. 82-89 a. 1 engraved plate " pp. 195-198.
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"LEIBNIZ (LEIBNITZ), G.F. - JOHANN BERNOULLI - JAKOB BERNOUILLI. - CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS ET AL. - INTRODUCING THE LEMNISCATE CURVE.
1. Nova Calculi Differentialis. Applicatio & usus, ad multiplicem linearum constructionem, ex data tangentium conditione. 2. Constructio Propria Problematiis de Curva Isochrona Paracentrica....& de constructione linearum transcendentium, una maxima ge...
Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1694. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Faint handwritten title on spine. a small stamp on titlepage. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCXCIV"". (2),518 pp.. and 11 folded engraved plates. As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. The entire volume offered. Leibniz's papers: pp. 311-316, pp. 364-375. - Johann Bernoulli's papers: pp. 200-206, pp. 394-99, pp. 435-437, pp. 437-441. - Huygen's papers: pp. 338, pp. 339-41. - Jakob Bernoulli's papers: pp. 262-276, pp. 276-280, pp. 336-338, pp. 391-400. Some mispaginations.
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"LEIBNIZ (LEIBNITZ), G.F. - CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS - JOHANN BERNOULLI - JACOB BERNOULLI ET AL. - THE DISCOVERY OF THE ""CATENARY CURVE"" , THE ""LOGARITHMIC CURVE"" AND THE ""POLAR COORDINATES"".
1. De Linea in quam Flexile se pondere proprio curvat, ejeuque usu insignia adinveniendi quotcunque medias proportionales & Logarithmos. - 2. De Solutionibus Problematis Catenarii vel Funicularis in Actis A. 1691, aliisque a Dn. I.B. propositis. (1-2:...
Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1691. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Faint handwritten title on spine. a small stamp on titlepage. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCLXXXXI"". (8),590,(6) pp. and 13 (of 15) folded engraved plates. The 2 first plates lacks, but they do not belong to the papers listed.Leibniz' papers: pp.277-281 a. 1 plate, pp. 435-439. Johann Bernoulli: pp. 274-276 a. 1 plate. Huygens: pp. 281-282. - Jacob Bernoulli: pp. 282-290 a. 1 plate.
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"CANTOR, GEORG. - THE FUNDAMENTAL PAPERS ON SET-THEORY, TRANSFINITE NUMBERS, THE CONTINUUM ETC.
Collection of 13 fundamental papers by Cantor (of which 12 are the first translations into French). 1. Sur une propriété du systeme de tous les nombrés algébriques réels (translation of ""Über eine Eigenschaft des Inbegriffes aller reellen algebraisc...
Stockholm, F. & G. Beijer, 1883, 1884, 1885. 4to. Contained in 3 issues from ""Acta Mathematica"", Vol. 2:4, vol. 4:4 a. vol. 7:2. All 3 issues with orig. printed wrappers, no backstrip.Vol. 2:4: pp. 305-310, 311-328, 329-335, 336-348, 349-380, 381-408, 409-414. - Vol. 4:4: pp. 381-392 - Vol. 7:2: pp.105-124.
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"FOURIER, (JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH). - FOURIER'S THEORY OF EQUATIONS.
Analyse des Équations Déterminées. Premiere Partie (Livre Premiere- Deuxieme, all published).
Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, (1830) 1831. 4to. Orig. clothbacked boards. Red titlelabel in paper with gilt lettering on spine. Spine faded and with small nicks to titlelabel and spine. Light wear to spine ends. (4),XXIV,258 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Htitle a bit browned. A few scattred brownspots. A wide-margined copy.
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"BABBAGE, C. (CHARLES). - CREATING A NEW BRANCH OF MATHEMATICS.
An Essay towards the calculus of functions. Communicated by W.H. Wollaston. Read June 15, 1815. (+) An essay towards the calculus of functions. Part II. Communicated by W.H.Wollaston. Read March 14, 1816. (2 Papers).
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1815 and 1816). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1815 - Part I. and 1816 - Part II. Having both titlepages to the parts. Pp. (2),389-446 and (2),179-256. First titlepage with a stamp on verso. Otherwise fine and clean.
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"CAYLEY, ARTHUR. - THE CAYLEY-HAMILTON THEOREM ANNOUNCED - THE MATHEMATICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS.
A Memoir on the Theory of Matrices. Received December 10, 1857, - Read January 14, 1858. (+) A Supplementary Memoir on the Theory of Matrices. Received October 24, - Read December 7, 1865.
(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1858 and Taylor and Francis, 1866. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Vol. 148 - Part I. Pp. 17-37, and Vol. 156 - Part I, Pp. 25-35. Clean and fine.
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"CAYLEY, ARTHUR. - THE THEORY OF FORMS (QUANTICS) - A NEW ASPECT OF NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY.
A Sixth Memoir upon Quantics. Received November 18, 1858, - Read anuary 6, 1859.
(London, Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1859). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Vol. 149 - Part I. Pp. 61-90. Clean and fine.
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BILLY, P. IACOBO de. [JACQUES de BILLY].
Diophanti Redividi, pars prior + posterior. In qua, non casu, ut putatum est, sed certissima methodo, &analysi subtiliore, innumera enodantur Problemata, quae (aliud quàm) Triangulum Rectangulum spectant. - [FOUNDATIONAL WORK IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF NUMBER THEORY]
Lugduni [Lyon], Apud Ioannem Thioly, 1670. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with simple gilding to spine. Gilt title-label to spine partly missing. Four tiny worm-holes to upper front hinge, just touching front free end-papers and nothing else. Minor edge-wear, but a nice, clean, and tight binding. Ex-libris stamps to title-page (one being R.D.-E. Gelin's, the other unlegible but probably a theological library). Mostly very faint marginal dampstaining to lower margin thorughout, not touching text. Neat old owner's name to inside of front board (Soldner). Without the two blank leaves between the end of the dedication and the beginning of the text (there is clearly no leaf with any text lacking there is either a pagination-error, or there has been one or two blank leaves between the end of the dedication and the beginning of the work. In the other copies that we have been able to find collations of, there has been no leaf a4 nor A1 either - there is no doubt that the text is complete), and without the blank leaf after the end of Part One, but with two blanks at the end of Part Two. (8) pp., pp. 3-302 " 140 pp. + two blank leaves.
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(BERNOULLI, JEAN (JOHANN) & BERNOULLI, DANIEL. - THE MECHANICS OF THE HEAVENS.
Essai d'une nouvelle Physique celeste. Servant à expliquer les principaux Phenomenes du Ciel, & en particulier la cause physique de l'inclinaison des Orbites des Planetes par rapport au plan de l'Equateur du Soleil. Qui a partagé le Prix doub...
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1735. 4to. Fine recent marbled boards. Printed titlelabel on frontcover. (6),144 pp. and 1 double-page folded engraved plate. Johann B's paper: pp. (1-) 91. - Daniel B's papers: pp. (93-) 122 and pp. 123-144. A few marginal brownspots.
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"PEARSON, KARL. - ESTABLISHING MODERN MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND BIOMETRICS.
Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Evolution. (I-) VI. (I. Contributions to...Received October 18, - Read November 18, 1893. - II. Skew Variation in Homogenous Material. Received December 19, 1894 - Read January 24, 1895. - III. Regression, H...
(London, Harrison and Sons, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1899 a. 1899. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 185 - Series A, pp. 71-110, textfigs. a. 5 plates. - Vol. 186 - Series A, pp. 343-414 a. 10 plates. - Vol. 187 - Series A, pp. 253-318 - Vol. 191 - Series A, pp. 229-311 - Vol. 192-Series A, pp. 169-244 a. 2 plates. - Vol. 192, Series A, pp. 257-330. All clean and fine.
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"RICCATO, JACOBO. (JACOPO FRANCESCO RICCATI) - DANIELIS BERNOULLI (DANIEL BERNOULLI).
[Riccati:] Animadversiones in aequationes differentiales secundi gradus. + [Bernouilli:] Notata in praecedens schediasma III. Co. Jacobi Riccati. (In: Actorum Eruditorum, Supplementa. Tomus VIII, 66-75 pp.). - [THE RICCATI-EQUATION]
Leipzig, Gross & Fritsch, 1724. 4to. Entire volume present. Nice contemporary full vellum. Small yellow paper label pasted to top of spine and library-label to inside of front board. Two smaller library stamps to title-page. Internally some browning and brownspotting, due to the paper quality. Overall a nice and tight copy. [Riccati-paper:] pp. 66-73. [Bernouilli-paper:] pp. 73-75. [Entire volume: (2), 532, (34) pp.].
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"HODGE, W. V. D.
Harmonic Integrals Associated with Algebraic Varieties [Received 9 February, 1934. - Read 15 February, 1934.] [In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series. Volume 39]. - [""ONE OF THE LANDMARKS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY MATHEMATICS""]
London, Hodgson & Son, 1935. Royal 8vo. Volume 39 + 40 of ""Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series"" bound together in a very nice contemporary blue full cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt ex-libris (""Belford College. Univ. London"") to spine. Minor bumping to extremities. Binding tight, and in excellent, very nice, clean, and fresh condition, in- as well as ex-ternally. Small circle-stamp to pasted-down front free end-papers and to title-page (""Bedford College for Women""). Discreet library-markings to upper margin of pasted-down front free end-papers. [Vol. 39:] pp. 249-271. [Entire volume: (Vol. 39:) (4), 546 pp. + (Vol. 40:) (4), 558 pp].
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"FISHER, R.A. and WISHART, J.
The Derivation of the Pattern Formulae of Two-Way Partitions from those of Simpler Patterns. [Received 28 November, 1930. - Read 11 December, 1930]. [In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series. Volume 33]. - [COINING ""CUMULANTS""]
London, Hodgson & Son, 1932. Royal 8vo. Entire volumes 33+34 of ""Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series"" bound together in a very nice contemporary blue full cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt ex-libris (""Belford College. Univ. London"") to spine. Very minor bumping to extremities. Binding tight and in excellent, very nice, clean, and fresh condition in- as well as ex-ternally. Small circle-stamp to pasted-down front free end-paper and to title-page of volume 33 (""Bedford College for Women""). Discreet library-markings to upper margin of pasted-down front free end-paper. Pp. 195-208. [Entire volumes: (´Vol. 33, 1932:) (4), 563, (1) pp." " (vol. 34, 1932:) (6), 562 pp.].
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"LINDENFELS, I.B.
Den hemmelige Skrivekonst eller: Chiffrer= og Dechiffrer=Konsten, isærdeleshed practiskt oplyst ved et nyt Transpositionschiffre, der formedelst dets utallige Afvexlinger, i Forening med den største Simpelhed og Lethed, kan gjøres aldeles uopløseligt,... - [THE VIGENÈRE CIPHER CORRECTLY DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME]
Kjøvenhavn [Copenhagen], Brummers Forlag, 1819. 8vo. In the fragile and rare original engraved paper-binding with wear and bumping to capitals and corners, but overall fine. Spine a bit soiled and some minor ink-spotting to front board. Internally some occasional brownspotting, but overall nice and clean. Half-title, engraved title-page, (being pp. 1-4), XL pp. + pp. (5) - 294 + 1 leaf errata + 9 engraved plates (numbered I-IX, though the title-page states ""eight engraved plates"") + 5 folded tables (in all there are 7 tables that are numbered, namely A(a-c)-E, of which Ab+c,C,D,E are folded, Aa-B are in the text and are 3/4 and almost full-page respectively. Table D has a tear, no loss).Printed on good, heavy paper. Orig. koberstukket kartonnage, hvor ryggen dog er slidt. Hjørner stødte. Kobberstukket titelblad, XL,294, pp. + 1 blad errata + talrige foldetabeller og 9 kobberstukne foldeplancher. Trykt på skrivepapir, men her og der noget brunplettet.
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"LEIBNIZ, GOTTFRIED & JOHANN BERNOULLI & JAKOB BERNOULLI & EHRENFRIED WALTHER VON TSCHIRNHAUS.
Supplementum defectus geometria Cartesianae circa inventionem locorum. [Joh. Bernoulli] + [Two other papers]. Notatiuncula ad acta decemb. 1695. [LEIBNIZ]. - [THE BRACHISTOCHRONE PROBLEM]
Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1696. 4to. Entire volume present. Nice contemporary full vellum. Small yellow paper label pasted to top of spine and library-label to front free end-papers. Internally some browning and brownspotting. Overall a nice and tight copy. [Bernoulli paper:] pp. 264-69. [Leibniz-paper:] pp. 45-47. [Entire volume: (2), 603, (1) pp. + plates].
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"BABBAGE, CHARLES. - THE LANGUAGE OF THE COMPUTER INVENTED.
On a Method of expressing by signs the action of machinery. Read March 16, 1826.
(London, W.Nicol, 1826). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1826 - Part III. Pp. 250-265 and 4 engraved plates. Some faint dampstains to plates. One plate with a small tear, no loss. the same plate some creasing at upper part, verso of plate somewhat soiled. Page 261 with some marginal brownspots and some soiling. The other leaves clean and fine.
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"CHURCH, ALONZO (+) EMIL L. POST.
[Church:] A note on the Entscheidungsproblem (+) Correction to A note on the Entscheidungsproblem (+) [Post:] Finite combinatory processes-formulation I. [In ""Journal of Symbolic Logic"", Volume 1, number 1 + 3, 1936] - [THE FOUNDATION FOR MODERN COMPUTER LOGIC]
Wisconsin, The Association for Symbolic Logic, 1936. Lev8vo. Entire volume one of ""Journal of Symbolic Logic"" (i.e. number 1-4), March, June, September, December 1936) BOUND WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS in a blue half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Crossed-out library paper-label to lower part of spine and top left corner of front board. Two library stamps (in Chinese) to back of front free end-paper. Chinese library-stamp (red) and stamped inventory-number lower part of all four front wrappers. Minor bumping to lower corner of nr. 4, otherwise internally a very fine and clean copy of the entire volume. [Church:] Pp. 40-1" " 101-2. [Post:] Pp. 103-5. [Entire volume: 218 pp.].
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"CHURCH, ALONZO (+) ALAN TURING.
[Church:] Review of ""A. M. Turing. On Computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem"" (+) [Turing:] Computability and lambda-definability (+) The Ø-Function in lambda-K-Conversion. [In Volume 2, number 1-4, 1937 of ""Journal of Sym... - [COINING THE PHRASE ""TURING MACHINE""]
Wisconsin, The Association for Symbolic Logic, 1937. Lev8vo. Entire volume 2 offered. Bound in half cloth with marbled boards. Gilt title to spine. Library stamp pasted on to lower part of spine and top left corner of front board. Two stamps (in Chinese) to verso of title-page and final page of index. A fine and clean copy. [Church:] Pp. 42-3" 101-2. [Turing:] Pp. 153-163 " 164. [Entire volume: iv, 188 pp.].
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"GAUSS, CARL FRIEDRICH. - THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS.
Principia generalia theoriae figurae fluidorum in statu aequilibrii.
(Göttingen, Dieterich, 1830). 4to. Partly uncut. Spine closed with paperlabel. In: ""Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis. Classes Mathematica"", Bd. VII. Pp. (39-) 88. Clean and fine.
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"LAPLACE, (PIERRE SIMON).
Recherches 1.o. sur l'intégration des Équations différentielles aux différences finies, & sur leur usage dans la théorie des hasards. 2.o. sur le principe de la Gravitation universelle, & sur les inégalités séculaires des Planètes qui en dépendent.
(Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1776). 4to. Extract from ""Mémoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Présentés à l'Academie des Sciences par divers Savans"", Année 1773. Pp. 37-232. a. 1 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine.
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"BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD. - MATHEMATICS IN THE EDUCATIONAL REFORM.
Bewiesene Grundsätze der reinen Mathematik. 2 Bde. (1. Bd. Zahlenkunst und Algebra, zur elementarischen Bibliothek. 2. bd. Geometrie und Etwas von dem Unendlichen).
Leipzig, Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, 1774. Bound in 2 very fine contemp. full calf, raised bands, richly gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels in leather on spines with gilt lettering., gilt border on all covers. Blindtooled decorations on covers in Cambridge-style, ""mirror-binding"". Edges gilt. Stamp on foot of titlepages. (22),312" (16),296 pp. and 11 folded engraved plates. Light browning to some quires and to top of titles, otherwise fine.
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