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EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783) -- Nicolaus FUSS (1755-1826). Lobrede auf Herrn Leonhard Euler... Vom Verfasser selbst aus dem französischen übersetzt und mit verschiedenen Zusätzen vermehrt, nebst einem vollständigen Verzeichnis der Eulerschen Schriften. Basel: Schweighauser, 1786.
8o (199 x 123 mm). 2 engraved vignettes (lacks the engraved portrait). Contemporary half calf (spine chipped with tape repair). Provenance: Fritz Rossmann (translator of Kepler, bookplate); Robert Honeyman (his sale, Sotheby's London, 5 Nov. 1979, lot 1390).
FIRST GERMAN EDITION of his speech held at the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg on Oct. 23 1783, enlarged by the first bibliography of Euler's works. "Fuss marks Euler's contribution to the work of Lagrange and d'Alembert, ranking him with Galileo, Descartes, Leibniz, and Newton" (Roberts-Trent 106); Poggendorff I, 821.
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FIRST GERMAN EDITION of his speech held at the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg on Oct. 23 1783, enlarged by the first bibliography of Euler's works. "Fuss marks Euler's contribution to the work of Lagrange and d'Alembert, ranking him with Galileo, Descartes, Leibniz, and Newton" (Roberts-Trent 106); Poggendorff I, 821.