De la corrélation des figures de géométrie.

8vo: viii-188-[4] pp.; 4 pl.

Contemp. half green calf, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spine. Nice copy.

First edition of this important work on geometry by the French mathematician, physicist and politician L. Carnot (1753-1823). Illustrated with 4 fold. engr. pl. of diagrams in fine. It was Carnot's attempt to make reasonable the employment of unreasonable quantity in analysis, although with the focus on negative rather than infinitesimal quantity. At the end a 2-page catalogue of scientific books sold at Duprat's.
Ref. BnF. - Honeyman II:596. - COPAC.
Prov. Libr. ticket.