Mathematics from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gill. G. 1954. Revis from1852. Edge wear. .

NY: Dover. VG PB. (c1958). 4th ptg. Written by the 19th century mathematician who gave us Alice in Wonderland, they contain an unusual combination of wit and . mathematical intricacy that will test your ingenuity. Pillow Problems is one of the rarest of Carroll's works containing 72 math posers ranging from those that can be solved by arithmetic, simple geometry… Read more about this item

np: Braunschweig. G. 1924. Green binding, silver lettering. Binding worn, back hinge cracked. .

Boston: Allyn and Bacon. G. (1900). Tan binding stained with red and black ink, tanned at edges, owner name ft endpaper. .

Paris: Duprat. Very Good. AN VII (1799). 2nd. Edges and corners worn, contents tight and bright. Laplace's famouns work - classic history of astronomy on the origin and . formation of the solar system. One of the most successful popularizations of science every composed. Five books (livre) contained in one volume. .

Princeton, NJ: Robinson. Very good. 1902. Gauss, a noted German mathematician (1777-1855) presented to the Royal Society of Gottingen his important paper on the theory . of surfaces, described as one of the most finished and useful introductions to the study of infinitesimal geometry. The original draft of the paper was done in 1825, with refinements in 1827. … Read more about this item

Leipzig: Teubner. Very good. 1898. 669 pp with 2 pages of ads, buckram with marbled 1/2 boards, sl edge and spine wear. .

Paris: Courcier. Good. 1811. Volume 1 only. Lagrange (1736-1813) is considered the greathest mathematician of the 18th century. This monumental . work was produced during the 20 years he lived in Berlin in a position with Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Spine covering is loose and missing pieces. Contents are tight and bright. Former owner has… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. Very good. 1930. 1/2 leather with marbled boards. 108 pp plus 4 pages of ads for another Kraitchik title at rear. Owner pencil notations . fep, pencilled worksheets loosely inserted. Very little wear, gilt lettering on spine is bright. A clean and bright copy of this hard to find title. Kraitchik (1882-1957) was a mathematician… Read more about this item

Paris: Regent & Bernard. Very Good. 1796. Permiere Partie has 319 pp plus 6 fold-out pages of figures and Seconde partie has 284 pp. Corners and edges worn, spine worn, . contents tight and clean. "Cousin's work is important in connections with the theory of partial differential equations (Cantor's Verlesungen vol IV, pp 951/6)" .

Paris: Courcier. Good. 1811. 1st. Vol 2. Sl wear to edges, water stain to parts of several pages, contents tight. 500 pp plus 3 fold-out pages of figures. . Poisson (1781-1840) presents in a single work the entire elements of rational mechanics. .

Braunschweig: Vieweg. Very good. 1896. 3/4 leather with gilt lettering on spine, wear to corners and edges, tight and clean copy. .

NY: American Book Co. G. (1909). In homemade jacket. Notations on endpapers. .

Leipzig: Teubner. Good. nd. Volume II A 1 from the Encyklopadie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften mit einschluss ihrer anwendungen (Encyclopedia . of Mathematical Sciences). Corner bumped, spine sl worn, covers sl soiled. .

Halle: Schmidt. Good. 1855. Wear to leather corners, spine and edges, book is tight and contents bright. .

Paris: Firmin Didot. Very Good. 1831. Priemiere Part. 258 pp with 1 fold-out chart of figures. Edge and corners sl worn, sl foxing, contents bright and tight. Fourier (1768-1830) . was a distinguished mathematician and physicist who was active in the French Revolution and went with Bonaparte on his Egyptian expedition in 1798. This first edition of Fourier's work… Read more about this item

Paris: Klostermann. Good. 1812. Two volumes in one book containing both Monge's first 9 1lectures (132 pp and 25 fold-out plates) and Hachette's Supple . ment with additional lectures (120 pp plus 11 fold-out plates). Edge, spine and corner wear. Handwritten note in French commenting on text loosely inserted at page 100. Owner's notation in pencil fep… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars. Very good. 1905, 1910. 1/2 red leather binding with marbled boards, sl edge and corner wear, contents bright and tight. Vol I has 365 pp and Vol III . has 472 pp including 2 fold-out pages with maps. The work is fundamental to celestial mechanics. Poincare was one of the greatest mathematical minds of the 19th… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Teubner. Good. 1896. 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards, piece loose on spine, cover rubbed, corners and edges sl worn, contents tight/bright .

Paris: Guerin & Delatour. Good. 1754. 1st. Important work of Bougainville (1729-1811) on the differential and integral calculus in which Bougainville clarifies the work . of the Marquis l'Hopital (1696). Contents tight and bright, corners bumped, front hinge cracked, ex lib with library book plate inside front cover and library blind stamp from Columbia College, NY, library ink stamp… Read more about this item