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Written for the youth of Italy by a great female mathematician, and dedicated to Maria Theresa of Austria, this comprehensive treatise on algebra and analysis won acclaim throughout Europe.
V. Mathematics
AGNESI, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799). Instituzioni Analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana, Milan: nella Regia-Ducal Corte, 1748, 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignettes on titles, headpiece, 2 initials, and 59 folding engraved plates by Marc Antonio Dal Re (each plate stamped on verso, plates in vol. II slightly affected by damp, library perforations and stamps on titles and several other leaves, T1-2 of vol. I mounted on guards, e2 of vol. II repaired at inner margin and subsequently wormed, gatherings z to 2n of vol. II wormed at upper right hand corner), uncut in contemporary grey limp boards. [Brunet VI, 463; Honeyman 20; Riccardi I, 8.2] Provenance: JCL
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AGNESI, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799). Instituzioni Analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana, Milan: nella Regia-Ducal Corte, 1748, 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignettes on titles, headpiece, 2 initials, and 59 folding engraved plates by Marc Antonio Dal Re (each plate stamped on verso, plates in vol. II slightly affected by damp, library perforations and stamps on titles and several other leaves, T1-2 of vol. I mounted on guards, e2 of vol. II repaired at inner margin and subsequently wormed, gatherings z to 2n of vol. II wormed at upper right hand corner), uncut in contemporary grey limp boards. [Brunet VI, 463; Honeyman 20; Riccardi I, 8.2] Provenance: JCL