LACROIX, Traité élémentaire de calcul différentiel, 1802

Paris, Crapelet, 1802.

8vo, xliv-574-(2) pages and 5 folding plates.  binding : Original blind wrappers. Cover worn. 

references: DSB [VII. pp549-551 : "In his teaching, particularly at the Ecole Polytechnique, Lacroix utilized his 'Traité élémentaire', which appeared in 1802. The young english school of mathematics, formed by Babbage, Peacock and Herschel, wished to breathe a new spirit into the nation's science, and one of its first acts was to translate the 'Traité élémentaire du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral'"].

Price : 70 €