Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 62

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
EULER, LEONHARD. Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum . . . editio nova desideratissimi auctoris supplementis locupletata et emendata. 18 engraved plates. [34], 624 pages. 4to, 212x175 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, spine heavily worn, joints cracked, cords intact; contents toned, scattered foxing on plates. 19th-century Jesuit stamps (École Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, and Maison Saint-Louis, Jersey) on title. Greifswald: A. F. Röse, 1790

Additional Details

Second edition, corrected and enlarged, of Euler's second major treatise on mechanics, dealing with the motion of rigid bodies. Bibliotheca Mechanica 105 (1765 original edition); DSB IV, 480; Eneström 289².