Russia
FRANCOEUR, [Louis Benjamin].
Osnovaniya mekhaniki [The Basis of Mechanics].
Universitetskaya tipografiya, Kharkov, 1816. 2 parts in 1 volume 8vo (21 x 12.2 cm). xiii, 224 pp.; [1] l., 226-549 pp., with 9 engraved plates including 3 folding; small stamp on title. Contemporary speckled half calf over marbled boards, flat spine with red paper label lettered in black; neat repairs to extremities.
FINE COPY OF THE FIRST RUSSIAN EDITION, complete of all the plates, the half-title and the title page of the second part, and partly printed on blue paper. Francoeur (1773-1849) was a French mathematician and for a while artillery officer. His interests were wide but related to mathematics, from physics to astronomy, and he was concerned by learning in schools. He thus wrote many scientific treatises and manuals, including the celebrated 'Traite de mecanique', his first work, first published in 1800. Poggendorff II, 790.
Price: £ 1000
US Dollar Price: $ 1990
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