FERMAT, Pierre de. Varia opera mathematica, Toulouse: Jean Pech, 1679, 2°, FIRST EDITION, second state of title and ê2, first state of â2, 5 folding engraved plates (lacking the portrait present in some copies and the blank 2D2, title detached, spotted throughout, plates lightly soiled), contemporary calf (covers detached, worn). [Dibner 108; Norman 778]

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FERMAT, Pierre de. Varia opera mathematica, Toulouse: Jean Pech, 1679, 2°, FIRST EDITION, second state of title and ê2, first state of â2, 5 folding engraved plates (lacking the portrait present in some copies and the blank 2D2, title detached, spotted throughout, plates lightly soiled), contemporary calf (covers detached, worn). [Dibner 108; Norman 778]

Provenance

F. Maseres, inscription to first blank, dated 19 November 1787, a few annotations in Maseres' hand; bookplate and stamps of the Inner Temple Library.

Lot Essay

Norman: "This collection marks the first publication of the majority of Fermat's mathematical papers, as well as his correspondence with Mersenne, Roberval, Pascal, Gassendi, and other contemporary mathematicians".

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