Essai sur l'histoire générale des mathématiques
Print Book, French, MDCCCII [1802]
Chez Louis ..., A Paris, MDCCCII [1802]
History
2 v. : port. (engraving) ; 21 cm (8vo)
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Printer's statement from the verso of the half title, v. 1
Vol. 1: xij, 394, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 426 p
"Discours sur la vie et les ouvrages de Pascal", v. 2, p. [301]-415
The "Discours" originally published with his Œuvres complètes de Pascal. This issue the same as the separate revised and enlarged reprint of 1781, with slight corrections. Cf. Avertissement, p. [303]-304
Errata: v. 1, p. [1] at end
LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Vol. 1 has a bookseller's label of Gayet aîné, Bordeaux. Pencilled ms. notes, v. 1, p. 40-41