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LAGRANGE, Joseph Louis (1736-1813). Thorie des fonctions analytiques, contenant les principes du calcul diffrentiel. Paris: Imprimerie de la Rpublique, Prairial an V [1797].
4o (276 x 215 mm). Original French marbled boards, uncut. Provenance: General Armand-Samuel Marescot (1758-1831), French General in the division of engineers under Napoleon (presentation inscription from the author on the title-page: "Au Cm. Marescot Gnral de Division de Gnie de la part du Conseil de l'cole Polytechnique. [signed with his calligraphic monogram]"); Paris, Ecole polytechnique (ink stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY TO FRENCH GENERAL OF ENGINEERS, MARESCOT. In this work Lagrange attempted to show that power series expansions are sufficient to provide differential calculus with a solid foundation. It dominated the study of the functions of a complex variable throughout the nineteenth century.
Two issues of this work exist, with no priority established. The Norman copy contains 277 numbered pages and forms a separate publication, whereas the other issue contains 276 numbered pages and comprises Vol. III of the ninth cahier of the Journal de l'cole Polytechnique.
An interesting association copy given by Lagrange, then teaching analysis at the cole Polytechnique, to one of Napoleon's distinguished generals of the division of engineers. PRESENTATION COPIES BY LAGRANGE ARE RARE. Riccardi I(2), 3; Norman 1258.
4o (276 x 215 mm). Original French marbled boards, uncut. Provenance: General Armand-Samuel Marescot (1758-1831), French General in the division of engineers under Napoleon (presentation inscription from the author on the title-page: "Au Cm. Marescot Gnral de Division de Gnie de la part du Conseil de l'cole Polytechnique. [signed with his calligraphic monogram]"); Paris, Ecole polytechnique (ink stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY TO FRENCH GENERAL OF ENGINEERS, MARESCOT. In this work Lagrange attempted to show that power series expansions are sufficient to provide differential calculus with a solid foundation. It dominated the study of the functions of a complex variable throughout the nineteenth century.
Two issues of this work exist, with no priority established. The Norman copy contains 277 numbered pages and forms a separate publication, whereas the other issue contains 276 numbered pages and comprises Vol. III of the ninth cahier of the Journal de l'cole Polytechnique.
An interesting association copy given by Lagrange, then teaching analysis at the cole Polytechnique, to one of Napoleon's distinguished generals of the division of engineers. PRESENTATION COPIES BY LAGRANGE ARE RARE. Riccardi I(2), 3; Norman 1258.