LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie (1752-1833). Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres, Paris: Duprat, 1798, 8° (253 x 190mm.), FIRST EDITION, tables in text (stamp to title and final leaf, occasional light spotting), contemporary sprinkled parchment over boards (small library label to spine, rear upper joint split). [Norman 1325; Thornton & Tully 148].

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LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie (1752-1833). Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres, Paris: Duprat, 1798, 8° (253 x 190mm.), FIRST EDITION, tables in text (stamp to title and final leaf, occasional light spotting), contemporary sprinkled parchment over boards (small library label to spine, rear upper joint split). [Norman 1325; Thornton & Tully 148].

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K.K. Marine Ober.-Comds. Bibliothek, library stamp.

Lot Essay

"Legendre's Essai contains an improved exposition of his law of the reciprocity of quadratic residues, his principal contribution to number theory, which he first demonstrated imperfectly in his Recherches d'analyse indéterminée (1785)." (Norman)

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