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EULER, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi Lineas Curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne and Geneva: M.-M.Bousquet, 1744.
4° (240 x 190mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by Daudet, 5 folding engraved plates, woodcut head-piece and initial (light staining to upper margins, title slightly soiled). Contemporary mottled half calf (spine slightly cracked at head).
FIRST EDITION of Euler's most valuable contribution to mathematics in which he developed the concept of the calculus of variations. Dibner 111; Horblit Grolier Exhibition 28.
4° (240 x 190mm). Title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by Daudet, 5 folding engraved plates, woodcut head-piece and initial (light staining to upper margins, title slightly soiled). Contemporary mottled half calf (spine slightly cracked at head).
FIRST EDITION of Euler's most valuable contribution to mathematics in which he developed the concept of the calculus of variations. Dibner 111; Horblit Grolier Exhibition 28.