BERNOULLI, Jacob. Opera, Geneva: sumptibus Haeredum Cramer & Fratrum Philibert, 1744, 2 volumes, 4°, titles in red and black, 51 folding engraved plates (title blind-stamped and with ink stamp on recto, accession number inked on following page, blind-stamp occasionally repeated in text, some grey discolouration of plates and text, some browning, 4M2 of vol. I with section of outer margin torn away), uncut in contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards (worn) [Brunet I, 803] -- ARCHIMEDES. Oeuvres ... traduites littéralement avec un commentaire par F. Peyard, Paris: 1807, 4°, FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, folding letterpress table (plates affected by damp, library markings, 6/3 torn at outer margin, 47/4 slightly soiled, small hole in 26/2), later roan-backed cloth (spine heavily rubbed) [Brunet I, 385] -- Etienne BEZOUT. Théorie Générale des Equations Algébriques, Paris: Ph.-D. Pierres, 1779, 4° (library markings, spine block split in two), contemporary calf (worn) [Brunet VI, 462]; together with volumes I-IV and VI only of Jean le Rond d'Alembert's 8-volume Opuscule Mathematiques (Paris, 1761-73) Provenance: I. J.A. Eichelberg, 1769 (contemporary ownership inscriptions) II. Bibliotheque P.E. Willems (stamp on title); III. JCL (9)

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BERNOULLI, Jacob. Opera, Geneva: sumptibus Haeredum Cramer & Fratrum Philibert, 1744, 2 volumes, 4°, titles in red and black, 51 folding engraved plates (title blind-stamped and with ink stamp on recto, accession number inked on following page, blind-stamp occasionally repeated in text, some grey discolouration of plates and text, some browning, 4M2 of vol. I with section of outer margin torn away), uncut in contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards (worn) [Brunet I, 803] -- ARCHIMEDES. Oeuvres ... traduites littéralement avec un commentaire par F. Peyard, Paris: 1807, 4°, FIRST EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, folding letterpress table (plates affected by damp, library markings, 6/3 torn at outer margin, 47/4 slightly soiled, small hole in 26/2), later roan-backed cloth (spine heavily rubbed) [Brunet I, 385] -- Etienne BEZOUT. Théorie Générale des Equations Algébriques, Paris: Ph.-D. Pierres, 1779, 4° (library markings, spine block split in two), contemporary calf (worn) [Brunet VI, 462]; together with volumes I-IV and VI only of Jean le Rond d'Alembert's 8-volume Opuscule Mathematiques (Paris, 1761-73) Provenance: I. J.A. Eichelberg, 1769 (contemporary ownership inscriptions) II. Bibliotheque P.E. Willems (stamp on title); III. JCL (9)

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