1186 - JACOBI, C. G. J. Gesammelte Werke. Published at the instigation of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, vols. 1–5, 8 (of 8), Berlin (Verlag G. Reimer), 1881–90. In-4°, half shagreen with marbled covers; spines of vols. 3 & 4 re-bound in brown cloth; spines of vols. 5 & 8 heavily damaged with loss of leather; marbled endpapers; signature 'O. Bolza’ on each title page, heliogravure portrait of Jacobi in vol. 1. First edition.

JACOBI, C. G. J. Gesammelte Werke. Published at the instigation of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, vols. 1–5, 8 (of 8), Berlin (Verlag G. Reimer), 1881–90. In-4°, half shagreen with marbled covers; spines of vols. 3 & 4 re-bound in brown cloth; spines of vols. 5 & 8 heavily damaged with loss of leather; marbled endpapers; signature 'O. Bolza’ on each title page, heliogravure portrait of Jacobi in vol. 1. First edition. 1. edited by C. W. Borchardt, pp. x + 546 2. edited by K. Weierstrasse, pp. vi + 527 3. edited by K. Weierstrasse, pp. viii + 612 4. Edited by K. Weierstrasse, pp. iv + 541 5. Edited by K. Weierstrasse, pp. viii + 515 8. Edited by A. Clebsch, pp. viii + 300 One of the great mathematicians of the 19th century, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–51), made a name for himself through his work, alongside Niels Hendrik Abel (1802–29), on the theory of elliptic functions. He subsequently exerted a lasting influence in the fields of rational mechanics, number theory, and partial differential equations, all highlighted by the numerous concepts that bear his name. Provenance: the library of Hans and Oscar BOLZA, then passed down through the family.