Euler (Léonhard): Letters of Euler to a German Princess on different subjects in Physics and Philosophy, translated from the French by Henry Hunter, London, for R. Murray, 1795, 2 vols., 8vo, first edition in English, with half-titles, 20 engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, flat gilt spines (joints cracked, corners bumped). [Lowndes 757] (2)

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Euler (Léonhard): Letters of Euler to a German Princess on different subjects in Physics and Philosophy, translated from the French by Henry Hunter, London, for R. Murray, 1795, 2 vols., 8vo, first edition in English, with half-titles, 20 engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, flat gilt spines (joints cracked, corners bumped). [Lowndes 757] (2)

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'One work of the Berlin period revealed Euler as a graceful (if somewhat too pious) writer, the celebrated Letters to a German Princess, composed to give lessons in mechanics, physical optics, astronomy, sound, etc., to Frederick the Great's niece, the Princess of Anhalt-Dessau. The famous letters became immensely popular and circulated in book form in seven languages.' (Bell, I, p.166)

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