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[Mathematics]
Traité de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral.
Paris, Régent & Bernard, 1796
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4to: xxiv-319-[1]-viii-284 pp.; 6 foldi. pl. (sl. toned).
Modern binding (hinges split).
2nd enlarged edition in 2 parts of the "Leçons de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral" (1st: 1777). This work by the French mathematician J.-A.-J. Cousin (1739-1800) was probably the most comprehensive survey of the calculus at that time. According to S.F. Lacroix (1765-1843) it was together with Leonhard Euler's the most complete introduction. With a brief historical introduction on the various treatments of calculus. Engr. ill.: 6 folding pl. by P.F. Tardieu.
Ref. Caramalho Domingue, J. - Lacroix and the Calculus. Springer 2008, p. 22.