Histoire des recherches sur la quadrature du cercle. 1754. Montucla.
First edition
[MONTUCLA, Jean-Etienne]. Histoire des recherches sur la quadrature du cercle.
Paris, Jombert, 1754.
1000 €
12mo (16.6x9.5 cm), xliii-(5)-304-(4) pages and 8 folding plates. binding: Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt flat spine, title in gilt on lettering-piece, red edges. Few spotting on title page. Upper joint starting to split at the head, tailcap and corners a little worn.
Rare first edition published anonymously on the history of the "quadrature of the circle".