Paris, Henri Agasse, 1799-1802.
Quatre volumes in quarto (255x195 mm), (4)-viii-739 pages et un portrait en frontispice et 12 planches hors texte dépliantes / (4)-717-(1) pages et 14 planches hors texte dépliantes / viii-832 pages et un portrait en frontispice et 17 planches hors texte dépliantes / (4)-688 pages et 2 planches hors texte dépliantes. reliure : Pleine basane de l'époque, dos lisse portant pièces de titre et de tomaison. Toutes tranches marbrées. Petits frottements, coins légèrement émoussés. Papier avec quelques rousseurs. Nombreuses erreur dans la pagination mais sans manque de texte (2 feuillets mal placés au tome III, feuillet 381 doublé au tome I...). Déchirure sans manque sur le feuillet 381 du premier volume.
références: DSB [IX, 501 :"Montucla's major work, the first classical history of mathematics, was a comprehensive and, relative to the state of contemporary scholarship, accurate description of the development of the subject in various countries. The account also included mechanics, astronomy, optics and music which were then considered subdivisions of mathematics. The first volume covers the beginnings, the Greeks (including the Byzantines) and the West until the start of the seventeenth century ; the second volume is devoted entirely to the latter century. Montucla originally planned to take his work up to the middle of the eighteenth century in a third volume but could not do so, principally because of the abundance of material. In the second edition, extended to cover the whole eighteenth century, he was able to reach this goal. Much remained unfinished, however, since Montucla died during the printing of the third volume. Lalande, his friend from childhood, assisted by others, completed volumes III (pure mathematics, optics, mechanics) and IV (astronomy, mathematical geography, navigation) and published them in 1802"]
BRUNET [III, 1874 : "Cet ouvrage est devenu rare, et il se paye aujourd'hui le double de son premier prix"].
Prix : 1500 €