Pierre VARIGNON

Second edition statement, illustrated with a frontispiece and 9 plates, most of which are folding, and several in-text figures. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. A large lack at head with fragile headcap. Rubbing.
Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include the following: Analysis of ipecacuanha, by M. Boulduc. Solution to a physico-mathematical problem, by the Marquis de L'Hôpital. Method for determining forces, velocities, spaces & times, when only one of these four things is given, in all sorts of rectilinear movements, by M. Varignon

Statement of second edition, illustrated with 13 plates, most folding, including a frontispiece. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Damage to tail of volume I, and one wormhole. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall, a good copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Geometric incompatibility of the hypothesis of the earth's rotation on its center, with that of Galileo concerning gravity, by M. Varignon. Consideration of the second inequality in the movement of Jupiter's satellites, by M. Maraldi. Obser

Second edition statement, illustrated with 26 plates, most of them folding, including a frontispiece. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Decorated raised band spines. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. One lack at head of volume I. One corner bumped. Rubbing. Good copies.
Among the remarkable articles mentioned in each section, we note the following: Reflections on spaces more than infinite by M. Wallis by M. Varignon. Observations on the methods of Maximis & Minimis, where the identity & difference of that of the analysis of the infinitely small with those of M. Fermat and Hudde is shown, by M. Guisnée. Continuation of