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KAESTNER, Abraham Gotthelf (1719-1800) -- Bibliotheca Abr. Gotth. Kaestneri... ordine digesta. Göttingen: Typis Grapianis, 26 October 1801.
8o (163 x 100 mm). (Title with inner margin renewed.) 19th-century boards (joints a bit rubbed). Provenance: H.P. Kraus (bookplate).
The mathematician and poet Kaestner was a forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry. A small sale preceded these 6,911 lots the previous year. The bulk of the collection, sold here, comprises a fine collection of mathematics and allied subjects. Goethe is known to have obtained several items at the sale.
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The mathematician and poet Kaestner was a forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry. A small sale preceded these 6,911 lots the previous year. The bulk of the collection, sold here, comprises a fine collection of mathematics and allied subjects. Goethe is known to have obtained several items at the sale.