Apr 28, 2005 - Sale 2040

Sale 2040 - Lot 52

Unsold
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
GAUSS, KARL FRIEDRICH. Disquisitiones arithmeticae. xviii, 668, [10] pages, with 3 leaves of tables and 2 leaves of errata at end. 8vo, contemporary German paste-paper boards, top of spine chipped, joints worn; contents toned, early 20th-century stamp on title and dedication leaf, bottom edge of I1 restored; 1/4 black morocco folding case. Leipzig: Gerh. Fleischer, jun., 1801

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first edition of a landmark in the history of number theory,