L'HOSPITAL, Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de St.-Mesme. Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes, Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1696, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette of French Royal arms on title, 11 folding engraved plates, with colophon leaf (title with author's name in vermillion ink, outer margin of title thumb-soiled and with small hole, final leaves a little frayed at outer margin), contemporary calf (rubbed) [Brunet VI, 467; Honeyman 2006-7; Sotheran, first supplement, 1411]

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L'HOSPITAL, Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de St.-Mesme. Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes, Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale, 1696, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette of French Royal arms on title, 11 folding engraved plates, with colophon leaf (title with author's name in vermillion ink, outer margin of title thumb-soiled and with small hole, final leaves a little frayed at outer margin), contemporary calf (rubbed) [Brunet VI, 467; Honeyman 2006-7; Sotheran, first supplement, 1411]

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"L'Hospital was a major figure in the early development of the calculus on the continent of Europe. He advanced its cause not only by his scientific works but also by his many contacts, including correspondence with Leibniz, with Jean Bernoulli, and with Huygens" (DSB).

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