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GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855). Dioptrische Untersuchungen. Gttingen: Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1841.
4o (268 x 218 mm). Original plain wrappers, uncut (lacking back wrapper, front wrapper detached and chipped at edges); cloth slipcase. (Some slight marginal browning and pale spotting.) Provenance: C.A. Steinheil Shne, Munich (ink stamps on title-page and front wrapper).
FIRST EDITION. "Gauss's last significant contribution to science published during his lifetime, containing an analysis of the path of light through a system of lenses and a demonstration that any system is equivalent to a properly chosen single lens" (Norman). Norman 884.
4o (268 x 218 mm). Original plain wrappers, uncut (lacking back wrapper, front wrapper detached and chipped at edges); cloth slipcase. (Some slight marginal browning and pale spotting.) Provenance: C.A. Steinheil Shne, Munich (ink stamps on title-page and front wrapper).
FIRST EDITION. "Gauss's last significant contribution to science published during his lifetime, containing an analysis of the path of light through a system of lenses and a demonstration that any system is equivalent to a properly chosen single lens" (Norman). Norman 884.