Histoire des mathématiques.

2 vol., 4to: xxxvi-638, [2]-680 pp. (foxing, minor dampstaining).

Cont. calf, gilt. orn. spine, raised on 5 bands, marbl. endleafs, red edges (def. at head and tail, corners sl. bumbed, joints split but firm).

First ed. of the first modern history of mathematics from Antiquity to the end of the 17th c. with chapters on optics, astronomy and mechanics. Engr. ills : 15 numb. folding plates showing diagrams and geometrical figures. Ref. Brunet III:1874. - Poggendorff II:198 Prov. Ownership stamp (?) on both title pages.