LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis. Méchanique Analitique, Paris: chez la veuve Desaint, 1788, 4°, FIRST EDITION, (half title crudely-repaired at inner margin and rather soiled, tattered and torn at other margins, title with small repair to inner margin , slightly browned and soiled at other margins, a4 crudely repaired at inner margin, N4-04 affected by staining at lower margin, S2 soiled at lower margin, 2B3 with small piece torn from lower margin, 2D2 with small hole at lower margin, some marginal waterstains, 31 -34 quite badly dampstained), contemporary calf-backed mottled boards (spine lacking, covers detached). [Dibner 112; Honeyman 1880; Horblit 61; Norman 1257; Riccardi I (2), 2]

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LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis. Méchanique Analitique, Paris: chez la veuve Desaint, 1788, 4°, FIRST EDITION, (half title crudely-repaired at inner margin and rather soiled, tattered and torn at other margins, title with small repair to inner margin , slightly browned and soiled at other margins, a4 crudely repaired at inner margin, N⁴-0⁴ affected by staining at lower margin, S2 soiled at lower margin, 2B3 with small piece torn from lower margin, 2D2 with small hole at lower margin, some marginal waterstains, 3¹ -3⁴ quite badly dampstained), contemporary calf-backed mottled boards (spine lacking, covers detached). [Dibner 112; Honeyman 1880; Horblit 61; Norman 1257; Riccardi I (2), 2]

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An extension of Newton's work on mechanics, which had the object of distilling theory and the art of solving problems down to general equations of motion applicable to any system of bodies. In his preface, Lagrange draws attention to the absence of diagrams in the book, which he believed the lucidity of his own presentation had rendered superfluous.

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