Leonhard Euler - Introduction à l'analyse infinitésimale. - 1987-1988

Leonhard Euler (Eulero) – Introduction to Infinitesimal Analysis – 2 volumes – ACL-éditions, Paris, 1987–1988

Interesting exact reprint in two volumes of the celebrated mathematical work by Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Introduction to the Analys is Infinitesimale, in the French translation from Latin by Jean-Baptiste Labey, with notes and clarifications by the translator.

The edition reproduces the Paris Barrois aîné edition of 1796–1797, which in turn derives from the original Latin Introductio in analysin infinitorum of 1748, one of the fundamental works in the history of mathematical analysis.

Edition and features

Author: Leonhard Euler.

Title: Introduction à l’analyse infinitésimale.

Translation: J. B. Labey.

Publisher: ACL-éditions, Paris.

Date: 1987–1988.

Two volumes with hardcover bindings in full beige publisher's cloth, titles printed in black on the front boards and on the spines.

Language: French.

ISBN vol. I: 2-87694-004-3.

Content

Volume I: dedicated to functions, infinite series, logarithms, exponential quantities, trigonometric functions, continued fractions and other fundamental topics of analysis.

Includes the preface, 18 chapters and the translator’s final notes and clarifications. Main pagination up to page 364.

Volume II: dedicated to the theory of algebraic and transcendental curves and to analytic geometry, with an abridged treatise on surfaces.

Contains 22 chapters relating to the theory of curves, six chapters on surfaces, notes and clarifications, and 16 full-page plates numbered I–XVI, with numerous figures and geometric constructions. Main pagination up to page 424.

Condition

Both volumes are complete and in generally good condition.

Solid publisher bindings, with minor signs of age and use. Covers and spines well preserved. Clean interiors, clear paper, wide margins and perfectly legible text.

The mathematical plates feature sharp and well-preserved reproductions.

Bibliographic notes

This is a modern reprint, not the original eighteenth-century edition.

The first volume bears the publication date October 1987; the second was printed in September 1988 by Imprimerie Schaffer in Paris.

A work of particular interest to scholars and collectors of the history of mathematics, of infinitesimal analysis and of Leonhard Euler’s works.

The two volumes are sold together, as a complete work.

The photographs constitute an integral part of the description.