1776 Paris, Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1776, 3 parties en 1 vol. in-8 de (6)-268-(2) pp., rel. d'ép. de plein veau brun granité, dos à nerfs orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, bon ex.
Peu courant. 1re édition française, l'édition originale et la première complète a paru en 1773 en français, à Saint-Pétersbourg, des extraits furent publiés en latin dans la même ville en 1749. Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), d'origine suisse, fut l'un des mathématiciens les plus importants de son temps. Cet ouvrage peu connu, concerne particulèrement la solidité des navires. Les deux additions qui se trouvent à la fin de l'ouvrage sont de son élève Lexell.Complet des 6 planches gravées dépliantes.
Lyon, Bruyset ainé & Compagnie, L'an IIIe (1795). 8vo. Bound undcut in 2 cont. boards with title-and tomelabels in leather on backs, gilt. Some scratches along edges and on backs. XVI,704"(4),668 pp. Some quires somewhat browned (variation in paperquality) and some scattered brownspots.
Scarce second French edition of Euler's large textbook, first published as ""Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra"" 1774 and published in many languages. It is translated by his friend Bernoulli with his ""elaborate tractions"" and with Bernoulli's extensive ""Additions"". The work greatly influenced nineteenth-and twentieth-century texts on the subject, and it is one of the earliest attempts to put the fundamental processes on a sound basis.
Berlin, A. Haude, 1745. Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Gilt title-label in red leather on back. Upper compartment of back with a paper-label pasted on. Light scattered browning to leaves, but a good copy. Title-page with 2 rubberstamps. Engraved title-vignette. (16), 720 pp. and 8 folded engraved plates.
First German edition of Robin's famous work ""On Gunnery"" describing the compositions of gun-powders, ballistics and pyrotechnics and it is the first edition of Euler's extensive commentaries and additions. It is called ""Eulers erläuterte Artillerie.""""An inquiry from the King about the best work on artillery moved Euler to translate into German Benjamin Robin's ""New Principles on Gunnery"". Euler added his own supplements on ballistics, which were five times longer than the original text. These supplements occupy an important place in the history of ballistics..."" (DSB). - Poggendorff I:689.