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MONTUCLA, JEAN-ÉTIENNE; and LALANDE, JOSEPH JÉRÔME LE FRANÇAIS DE. Histoire des Mathématiques . . . Nouvelle Édition, considérablement augmentée et prolongée vers l'Époque actuelle. 2 engraved portraits of the authors; 45 folding plates. [4], viii, 739, [1]; [4], 717, [1]; viii, 832; [4], 688 pages, including half-titles. 4 volumes. 4to, 253x191 mm, contemporary Spanish or Latin American(?) marbled sheep, spine ends rubbed; varying foxing on plates, heavy foxing on opening leaves in Volume 3, text otherwise generally clean; yellow edges. Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplates. handsome set. Paris: Henri Agasse, An VII-X [1799-1802]
Second edition of Montucla's landmark history of mathematics, enlarged with a continuation through the 18th century by Lalande; the 1758 original edition in 2 volumes covered the period from antiquity to the end of the 17th century. 'The account also included mechanics, astronomy, optics, and music, which were then considered branches of mathematics; these . . . receive a thorough treatment in both editions, and only a third of the space is devoted to pure mathematics"--DSB IX, 501; Houzeau & Lancaster 37.
