VARIGNON, Elémens de Mathématique, 1731

VARIGNON, Pierre.

Elemens de Mathématique de monsieur Varignon.

Paris, Pierre-Michel Brunet, 1731.

4to (252x195 mm), (8)-66-(4)-155-(9) pages and 22 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments. Headcap worn, corners bumped with lack of leather.

First edition, posthumoustly published of this work. This is an introduction to algebra and geometry based on Varignon's courses given at the College Mazarin.
Varignon (1654-1722), member of the Académie des Sciences and one of the outstanding scientist of his time, was an intimate friend of Newton, Leibniz, and Bernoullis. He demonstrated the principle of the parallelogram of forces simultaneously with and independently of Newton. He was the first French scientist of note to advocate the new differential calculus.

references: Macclesfield [VI, 2040], DSB [XIII, p. 585 :" "From the papers Varignon left at his death, most of which are now lost, his disciples assembled several posthumous works: Nouvelle mécanique (announced in the Project of 1687) and Eclaircissemens sur l'analyse des infiniment petits, both published in 1725, and Élémens de mathématiques (1731), which was based on his courses at the Collège Mazarin."].

provenance: Bookplate from Pierre-Paul Faust.

Price : 850 €

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